I don’t really agree it’s a technicality

It’s just the law and two different crimes.

I do agree though that in the circumstances, there shouldn’t be a material difference between the sentence for a crime which had the intention of killing someone, and the sentence for a crime which was so reckless it had the inevitable consequence of killing someone.

From a bit of googling, the maximum sentence offence of unlawful act manslaughter is life with a prison range from 1 to 24 years.

I hope they’ll fall in the highest level of culpability category that comes with a prison sentence of 11 - 24 years, with the starting point being 18 years.

I guess there is likely to be differentiation between the driver of the car and the passengers.

I’d be astonished if the prison sentence isn’t at the top end of the possible sentence available given this was a policeman that was killed (one of the aggravating factors).

Posted By: SimonOTBC on July 25th 2020 at 10:41:42

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      - I thought a troll was (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jul 25, 10:02:45
  - The intent thing (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jul 25, 09:33:13
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        Sorry (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jul 25, 10:03:45
        
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        I meant to say (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jul 25, 10:04:52
        
        Yes, probably right (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jul 25, 10:15:09
        
        Absolutely agree (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jul 25, 10:23:23
        
        I don’t really agree it’s a technicality (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jul 25, 10:41:42
        
        with aggravating factors included, maybe 10-12 yrs? (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Jul 25, 10:04:22
        
        Up to 16 I thought, could be wrong (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jul 25, 10:12:03
        
        Max of life but most actually given these days is 10 years (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 25, 10:32:44
        
        Is that so? That’s disappointing (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jul 25, 10:42:48
    - Difficult to prove though, isn’t it? (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jul 25, 09:41:41
- They’ll get 12 years plus hopefully (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jul 25, 09:10:45
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- From what I've read (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jul 25, 07:24:08
  - Intent is so hard to prove (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jul 25, 09:49:41
    - They may not have intended (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jul 25, 11:12:23
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