Today in the news I learned of a terrible accident. A box truck driven by Daniel Berk slammed into a line of vehicles waiting at a toll booth in Oakland, California, injuring seven other people and killing the toll booth attendant. He was arrested for DUI and vehicular manslaughter. The maximum felony sentence for vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in California is six years in prison. If someone is killed or injured as the result of driving under the influence of alcohol, the driver can be found guilty of a felony and could go to prison for over a year, and up to five years, with prior convictions.
So, Daniel Berk faces a sentence of from one year to eleven years if convicted of both charges.
In the same news feed I saw the following:
When Sarah Sims' daughter complained she was being bullied in elementary school, the Virginia mother reached out to administrators at Ocean View Elementary School, but getting no response, she sent her daughter to school with a digital audio recorder in her backpack. Norfolk police charged Sims with a felony -- intercepting wire, electronic or oral communications -- and with a misdemeanor -- contributing to the delinquency of a minor. For Class 6 felonies like this, a term of imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five years is mandated. Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor is a CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR, punishable by up to 12 months in jail. So, Sarah Sims faces a sentence of one to six years if convicted of both charges.
So, getting drunk and killing someone with a car in California is almost as bad as trying to document school bullying in Virginia. Is it any wonder that people are getting fed up with the way our country is governed?
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