--The machine did what it was designed to do. Human judgment came next.–
Yeah, this is bad police work all around.
I have a technical, legal question, unrelated to the Flock controversy.
There’s this paragraph:
--She faced eight felony charges: three counts of vehicular homicide, three counts of leaving the scene of a crash involving death, leaving the scene involving serious bodily injury and reckless driving causing serious bodily injury. Lindsey spent 13 days in jail.–
Three counts of vehicular homicide, I get it. And leaving the scene (had she done that) is bad. But leaving is one act. Why should it be charged three times, once for each death? Then again, not for death, but serious bodily injury. That’s six charges for one act, right?
One of the ways we’ve given prosecutors too much power is by creating multiple crimes and having them charge people multiple times for the same thing. If she had done it, she should be charged for vehicular homicide and leaving the scene. Two crimes, not 8-10. Still serious, less nonsense.
Another article described the charges better:
- Three counts of Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving Death
- One count of Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving Serious Bodily Injury
- Three counts of Vehicular Homicide
- One count of Reckless Driving Causing Serious Bodily Injury
So, leaving the scene is being counted as four charges. Still ridiculous.
Prosecutors plied on the charges in an effort to force the defendant to accept a plea deal. In my opinion this is a form of double jeopardy.