Not exactly current news, but I came across a cnn.com article that I had intended on posting about earlier.
So, a woman was driving drunk, and talking on her cell phone. She drifted over the centerline and hit a pickup truck head on. Driver of truck dies, wife in passenger seat is still in a coma. She was pregnant at the time, the baby born by c-section five months after the crash.
Part of the sentencing is that the woman must carry a picture of the dead victim with her at all times during her five-year probation.
The dead victim's mother got to supply the picture. It's him in his casket. The woman protested, thinking it should be a photo of him in life. The judge let it stand. The best quote is from the mother:
"That's where she put him — in a casket. That's what she did for him. I'd just shut my mouth if I was her."I love people who speak honestly. Posted by fictionman at March 8, 2004 06:33 AM