Earlier this month a 19-year-old San Diego man was ordered to year in jail after driving drunk and killing a homeless man. The incident happened in January of this year and Alec O’Keefe Rowe pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter in July.
Vehicular manslaughter is the crime of negligently driving a vehicle and directly causing the death of another human. A vehicular manslaughter charge can result in the death of a passenger in your own car if the death was caused while breaking the law.
Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Fraser presided over the case and it was noted that in his 11 years on the bench, he’s never given probation in this type of situation. Fraser based his decision on the intense remorse and commitment to rehabilitation by the defendant.
So the question remains…
Was the judge right or wrong to give this 19-year-old a break?
Or better yet….What if O’Keefe had hit someone who wasn’t homeless? There was nobody in the court to represent Darin Albert Victor who was the one killed in this tragic event. Granted, the death of Victor wasn’t premeditated, however, is one year in jail enough?
Source: SignOnSanDiego.com
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