| Author | Message | ||
     Birdy |
Makes me feel like MY life would be worth something to this judge.  DUVAL Woman sentenced in hit-and-run death A woman has been sentenced to one year in jail and five years' probation for a wreck that killed a Jacksonville exchange student who was riding a motor scooter. Authorities say Brittaney Nicole Briscoe, 21, was driving nearly 70 mph in a 45-mph stretch of Beach Boulevard near Pemberton Street in September 2009 when she rammed into 23-year-old Yasser Ibrahim Hamdy, an MBA student originally from Egypt. Prosecutors say Briscoe drove away from the crash and evaded authorities for months before her May 2010 arrest. She pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a crash involving death March 16. Hamdy was flung from the scooter and run over by another car. Briscoe faced up to 10 years in prison when Circuit Judge Brad Stetson sentenced her Wednesday. David Hunt -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2011-04-28/stor y/law-disorder-woods-fire-closes-us-1-south-210#ix zz1KoD6HO7u | ||
| Paint_shaker |
Let's see if I got this right, She was speeding 25 mph over the posted speed limit (70-45), crashed into and killed (or was responsible in the death of) a person on a scooter, left the scene for whatever reason, elluded the law for 8 months or so and she gets ONE year in prison?? And people wonder why our society is so F'ed up... (Message edited by Paint shaker on April 28, 2011) | ||
| Sayitaintso |
/sarcasm {Well, we wouldn't want to ruin TWO peoples lives over something that just an "accident" would we? Its not like she meant to kill someone.} Damn that sarcasm font must not be working again. | ||
| Fresnobuell |
What, she wasn't texting at the time of the accident as well? I am shocked. She is probably hot and cried alot in court. This is a travesty. | ||
| Macbuell |
Just one Year? That's •••••• up. | ||
| Fresnobuell |
Is this different than killing someone while drunk at the wheel? To me, this is on the same level. | ||
| Ezblast |
That is F***ed up! EZ | ||
| Ravensmith22 |
I hate to say it, but I think that this is worse than if she were drunk. She had complete control over her reactions and thought processes. I'm not saying drunk driving is better, I was almost killed by a presumably drunk driver (who left the scene and wasn't caught), but she had no excuse. If I were responsible for someone's death, I would own up to it. | ||
| Biffdotorg |
If she ran from the law for that length of time, I think the booze is out of her system. She had to have been drunk. Would a sober person have driven off? Horrible. |
