A Friend's Fate
I have a friend who was in a car after a party, but he was not driving there was an accident and he survived but cannot remeber what happened. The three other people were not so lucky, two died and one is a parapalygic.My friend however was not in the car when the paramedics came and can't remember much about the accident. Now they charged him with vehicular manslaughter and drunk driving and sentenced him to ten years in prison. My question is if the paramedics could not remember who was in the driver's seat and the investigating officer is friend's with one of the victims is it just to have them testify in court? Also this is the harshest punishment for a case like this in a while, is it right to sentence based on Media coverage? Is there anyway to get his appeal heard? And finally with all the evidence not presented, such as the relationship between an investigator and the victim is there cause for a reversal or aquittal?
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Re: A Friend's Fate
These are all questions which should be addressed to the lawyer(s) who presumably represented your
friend in the criminal case and who may be called upon to defend him against any civil suit(s) which may follow the veredict in the criminal case.
Without my knowing many more of the relevant facts
applicable to this case, the only surmise which I would venture is that there must be other persuasive evidence provable beyond reasonable doubt(which obviously could include the testimony of the accident survivor)which places your friend in the driver's seat of that vehicle at the time of the accident.
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