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Last week, I was sitting in court, waiting for my case to be called, when I happened to watch another case that the judge was handling.  From what I could hear from my seat in the audience, the defendant had been arrested for vehicular homicide.  It was unclear to me whether he had been intoxicated or otherwise driving recklessly, but he had apparently hit a young woman, and she had died.  The man had already pleaded guilty and was before the court for sentencing.At a sentencing, the victim or their family may appear in court to make a statement to the judge.  The judge can take the victim's feelings or opinions or requests into consideration when deciding the sentence.In this case, the victim had died.  For a reason I couldn't hear, her family did not come to court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Blonde Justice on March 28, 2010 (boomark / email).