The person who bought it has to live with them killing their friend/sibling/whomever forever. I’m not sure I understand the crusade to punish them further.
I had beer with my dad when I was under 21. I had beers with my friends when I was under 21 did all of that stuff. We have one simple rule if you walk out of the house after having had a beer your backside got kicked and there was no exceptions. You didn’t leave the house. The changes allowing that to happen and it leads to an Events like this. The change is allowing that to happen and it leads to events like this. It sucks that these folks lost their life. It also sucks that those who contributed to it aren’t getting justice in the courts and frankly after this much time, their morals and their value is what we’ve seen, and the people that are protecting the information to let the rest of us know the truth I kind of question their morals and values as well.
Because it's the law. We are a nation of laws, not a nation of men. The young man that chose to drive drunk and killed my daughter, my unborn grandson, and my daughter's best friend has to live with killing them for the rest of his life. He also claims to have found Jesus during his rehab (btw, I take him at his word on that). Should we not follow the law of the State of Nebraska and punish him accordingly? That is just "piling on" to what he has to go through for the rest of his life. We have "all" been given a "life" sentence. That doesn't mean we shouldn't follow the laws of the State of Nebraska.
Driving drunk and killing someone (I am very sorry for your loss) is different than buying beer for someone underage.
Different situations, yes. The law still needs to be followed. I doubt the victims' families are "ok" with letting it go. Just because they "seem" to be okay doesn't mean they are. I don't know all of the "behind the scenes" info, nor do I want to, but I can't think of a single parent that I know that would be "ok" with someone contributing to their child's death & just letting it go because whoever it is will have to live with it for the rest of their lives.
Who cares. It happens all the time. In this one instance, it ended in tragedy, but does that mean the person deserved a more severe punishment than what happens all the time? No, there's no justice there.
Your personal experience is tragic.
That's a great deterrent for the future. What's the legacy of this tragic accident? Nothing changes, nobody does anything and it happens over and over again. At what point is it enough & something gets done? Even when the law is followed, the penalties are not enough to be a deterrent. Let's all just stick our heads in the sand cause we don't want to make any waves & possibly save another child's life somewhere down the road.
What would Jesus do.
I'm not religious either, but I wouldn't expect Jesus to simply be ok with letting people who commit criminal acts off the hook because "enough harm has been done".
So the fentanyl dealer who's customer dies shouldn't be punished because the dealer down the street didn't have any of their customers die?
As far as I know Jesus didn’t even own a car
You have to understand from a family’s take , My brother was killed in a car accident ( alcohol not involved) it’s not going to bring the child back so some just want to move on.
That depends, did the customer know that they were getting fentanyl or did the customer think they were getting something else?
We are a nation of will for enforcing or not enforcing laws. It’s been that way for damn near the history of this nation. If the laws were enforced as they are written our nation would not have the long history of scandals in and out of government and business.
You're right, I doubt they're "ok" with someone contributing to their child's death, but "ok enough" to let it go.
The problem with this situation is it was an adult family likely related to the dead or surviving kids that was where they were last allegedly at before they left and died while drunk driving. The entire Gretna community victims and driver's family seemingly have clammed up. They have all circled the wagons for no good reason.
This. Similar situation in my family many years ago. No drugs or alcohol but other driver went to jail for reckless homicide (vehicular manslaughter). Even after driver got almost the max sentence it wasn’t enough. We wanted MORE justice. As time went on, those feelings became too much. Those feelings just helped to distract from dealing with the grief and changed nothing. Living in that state of mind makes you focus on how your loved one was killed, not how they lived.
