Hatin Since 87
Bacon Hater
#1 Not always.
#2 Punishment is based both upon results and intent. Horrible results, no intent versus; bad intent and bad, but not as horrible results.
4 years makes sense to me. I don't see what is gained by a longer sentence.
While I understand that the intent wasn’t there, and IANAL, but to me intent only means so much. I know that isn’t how the law works, but as gun owners we all practice this mentality. I may not intend to shoot somebody while cleaning my firearm, but if it happens it was caused by stupidity and negligence, and if somebody is killed because of my stupidity and negligence I 100% expect the worst sentence possible. In this case not 1, but 3 children died due to somebodies negligence. Imo 4 years is a slap on the wrist. These were kids that had their whole lives ahead of them, lost, because somebody couldn’t wait 60 seconds. If my firearm shoots somebody and kills them while cleaning it, and kills 1 single person, an adult, I’m likely to get more time than she did. That’s not a good system.