So they give him 41 years who's extremely devastated on what he did but they're giving these women who smile in their mugshots only 7 to 14 years for a deadly DUI that killed 2 people?
Need to be some type of law for all states to agree like kill a person = x amount if years per person. Makes the process faster too. Plus maybe some will reconsider driving thinking about years they lose if get in accident.
The West is Gynocentric in the way it approaches most things. Women or rather feminism is the ruling ideology currently. So men usually get the heavy hand and women usually get the soft touch. This last part is not hyperbolic in the slightest: This will cause the downfall of the west and all nations that adhere to this path. You and your children are already experiencing the early stages of a 'woman-ruled' society. It will only get worse.
@@brettk9316That’s a stupid idea. Not every manslaughter case is the same. There is a difference between someone who is drunk and doesn’t notice someone changing a tire on the side of the road and hits them be someone who is drunk and speeding and hits a car and kills someone. You’d be surprised how many variables there are in any case like this
Its always the people that are the most truthfully remorseful and actually did something by accident that get the longest sentence this world is backwards
Yea… the world is backwards. Theres a lot I could reference from this. But It just makes me so angry bc it’s wrong. I suppose if his reaction be the opposite he would have less of a sentence? Probably.
You know, I have to give him credit for at least being remorseful and genuinely sorry for what he caused, but he must pay for making that horrible decision. And that poor woman, so forgiving and so gracious after such an awful tragedy. Peace to her and her family.
@@MarioMartinez-tt9ly even though men commit far more violent crimes than women, studies have shown that women receive lighter sentences than men for identical crimes.
@@colleenshea2293 _41 years behind bars is too long for this non intentional crime_ …”Forever” is too long for Raquel Haralambou to be separated from her baby twins and her younger brother.
I'm a retired police officer. You can imagine how many dealings I had with drunk drivers. When I was younger I thought they were simply evil people who didn't care except for their vice. It took me a while to realize they all needed help. Most were good people dealing with a disease. Whether to nurse anxiety, depression, failed marriage, joblessness, illness or loneliness, jail wasn't the answer. Society spends money on jail, clothing, meds and food. But not a dime on mandatory rehab or therapy. I feel for this family's loss. I don't have the answer for punishment in this case. He didn't intend to kill anyone. Yet the disease that controls him impacted his decision to drive. I feel for everyone. I thought I was doing right. But maybe I was part of the problem.
Thank you for this comment, sir. It is easy to judge others and to say "lock them up and throw away the key!" Addiction is a complex disease which tells it's sufferers that they don't have it. We need better approaches.
He had a choice not to drive! He killed people with drinking and driving knowing the consequences. No excuses! I’m a recovering addict and alcoholic but I knew better because I cared about life, period.
@@BridgKay this is true but ppl make poor decisions so give him 41 years when like other ppl say/said way less real monsters out there get in and out of trouble with law enforcement but they're the ones who should be sitting rotting away for life
Are you for REAL. I hope you keep that same energy if your loves are viticms of those idiots. You of all people knows the damage of driving while impaired.
he gets 41 years but the girl who purposefully rammed into a wall and killed two teenagers and wanted to kill herself gets only 15? that’s crazy both should get 40 years
How they did him wrong ? Dude drove drunk and driving on the wrong side of the road and head on to innocent people that he killed a brother and unborn babies 👶🏼
At least he shows extraordinary remorse, I’ve had a friend killed and the lack of remorse showed by the killer made me so angry, it tears you apart so bad because it feels like jail won’t be that bad for them.
Jail for a man is 100X worse than it is for women. So don't ever worry about a man's time in prison, for women it's like a hotel that caters to all their bs. After all, women are much more "law abiding" than men, right?! 🙄
My brother's friend from high school crashed and killed his buddy while driving drunk, showed no remorse, and received a much lighter sentence. I think he's out already. This man would clearly never repeat this mistake, yet he gets a worse sentence than murderers who planned it ahead of time. Sad is an understatement.
@isabelamogosanu7777 Yes and the crash destroyed her ability for future children as well. I can’t even begin to imagine the pain this woman felt along with her inability to hate this man after everything that he’s done to her and her family.
The most convincingly genuinely remorseful DUI perp ive ever seen gets the absolute longest sentence I've ever heard of for this type of crime. I guess we all live in opposite land or something because none of this makes sense. Nothing but gut wrenching sadness and misery, here and in every direction as far as the eye can see.
He knew that once he starts drinking and driving it would eventually cause a fatal accident. Now people are whining and protesting how unfair it is that he got 41 years. They forget that he killed two innocent, unborn babies. Imagine how the parents feel? It's a lot more painful for them.
@@davidnace9946 please point to where I was making excuses or suggesting that the severity of the sentence subtracted from the impact that his crime had on his victims? All I'm saying is this dude seems to be genuinely remorseful. It doesn't subtract from what he did and yes he should still be punished. But him being the most outwatdly genuinely remorseful defendant that I have ever personally seen in a case like this one only adds another dimension of tragedy when taken in the light of the harshness of the sentence (a sentence can still be harsh even if it is justified, please remember English 101 before responding).
@@s.deegan3740 Sorry, but too many are focusing on this man's whining and feelings of remorse instead of focusing on the parents and what they're going through. They're the ones that loss their two unborn babies to a a drunk reckless driver. Before he took that first drink he knew he had to get behind the wheel but didn't care. He made that choice and now two parents are grieving. Sadly, most of the comments are focusing on how bad they feel for that idiot. English 101 has nothing to do with my opinion.
@@davidnace9946 Why is everyone talking about the babies? I think people are forgetting that her younger brother, the other person in the car, was also killed. I get that she can't have babies again but killing the babies wasn't manslaughter. They weren't born yet.
Very true. I like to try to write these people when I learn about them to at least express that their remorse is appreciated. Not that that covers over what they've done but if someone has anything good in them it's at least something to encourage them not to abandon it during their incarceration.
I'm pretty harsh on DUI drivers but I have to say I have a bit more respect for the fact this guy seems genuinely remorseful which I find most aren't. May he find peace in his horrible horrible horrible decision.
@@colleenshea2293 But they do make decisions. There is a point where they are sober, Where they drive to the bar knowing that they don't have a way home if they drink except for driving themselves drunk. They make a sober choice to not have another way home if they start drinking but to drink and drive. If I drive to the bar sober and I know I have no other way home but to drive my vehicle and I decide to get drunk anyways that Is A sober choice to drink and drive. I know that might not always be the case. Maybe somebody Planned for a friend to come pick them up and the friend canceled so they drunkenly get in their car anyways. But the majority of the time when somebody drives somewhere and then decides to get drunk. They know that they don't have a way home besides driving their own car and they roll the dice anyways. That's a sober conscious decision.
@@colleenshea2293Making a poor decision is still making a decision and secondly you make the decision on how much you drink or whether you drink at all so it's your own responsibility to monitor that.
@@azzifyy5988 There is an obvious difference between someone taking a gun, and then shooting 3 people, all while sober. There is clear intent to kill here And then someone, on accident, making a mistake on the road and crashing into someone, killing them. Most people would say these two crimes are completely different Alcohol may not even be related to the accident, FYI. Its just that the way the state sees it, if there is alcohol involved, it does not matter whether the alcohol caused the accident, or just poor driving, or some other 3rd variable. This is why its especially dangerous to drive drunk- because if something happens while you're driving, you're automatically guilty of a crime rather than a traffic violation, pretty much regardless who was actually at fault Then theres the 41 years. You might think this is not enough, but in almost all other 1st world countries, even cold blooded serial killers dont get such long sentences. In most if not all European countries, for example, this guy would get sub 10 years We have to treat cold blooded killers differently than these drunk drivers
I lost my son like this and never got justice I carried my dead son in the hospital 😢 We had a funeral and still remember it like it happened yesterday 😢 so much pain on earth.
Yep. The decision to get behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated literally will ruin your life in an instant. Knowing that, why people continue to do it floors me.
@@TheVickster321why would you assume that? Instead of rehabilitating people who commit crimes, this country is obsessed with locking people up for an inordinate amount of time. A 41 year sentence for a DUI is absurd.
@@greenlime1997its not 41 YEARS for a DUI its 41 years for causing the deaths of 3 people and sterilizing a young grieving mother. And if hes the type of person to drink that heavily he drives i highly doubt hed never done it before. This is just the first time it ended in tragedy and someone else paid. As the mother pointed out, their lives would have each been longer than 42 years and hes taken that away. He robbed her child of a sibling, he robbed that mother of every smile, laugh, hand holding, school photo, lost tooth, "happy mothers day!". He robbed her of the ability to wake up any morning for the rest of her life without being gutted by the missing pieces. All because of a choice HE made to DRINK and DRIVE. an eye for an eye. A life for a life.
It is refreshing to see someone genuinely remorseful. He didn't only regret getting caught, or for himself. He feels bad for selfishly drinking, and driving.
I mean he was completely drunk and decided to drive... and drove the WRONG WAY killing unborn children and someone else... its 3 lives. Terrible situation but you'd think 41 is kind of light here.
He killed three people and left a their mother and sister permanently unable to have children due to the internal damage sustained when she was forced to miscarry her two healthy unborn daughters. The horror that woman must have experienced losing her brother and then having her lifeless children removed from her body as she lay on the brink of death is unimaginable. Truly beyond nightmares. It’s a pretty twisted crime
@@YoBrand15 Well he made the stupid decision to drive drunk, but never intended to hurt anybody. Most drunk drivers get away with it, he had bad luck and will live with what he did for the rest of his life. If he gets 41 for this, makes you think people who do crimes with the intention to hurt somebody would get even worse but its not the case
I wonder if you would think the same if this man killed your unborn twins and as a result, you could no longer bear children. These two babies would have lived longer than 41 years. All of this would’ve had been avoided had he not chose to drink and drive. So yeah, the punishment is justified.
@@Hunee- keep that same energy for women, like that one case where the young lady kills 2 people and was only worried about graduating from her college the next week and showed no remorse. She got 14yrs, this guy got 41. Wtf?
Not all cases - look up Marco Muzzo - killed four people including three children. The father later committed suicide. He wiped the whole family out, repeat offender, and only got 6 years before full parole.
If he went to a pro abortion rally they'd say to him "you did nothing wrong." And if he went to Bil Gates house he'd say "as an extinction-ist, i want to thank you for lowering the population."
& then you ask yourself why Stephanie Melgoza was only sentenced to 14 years in prison after smiling & laughing after mowing down & killing 2 while drunk.
And singing and talking about going to Vegas and drinking. Only worried that she was going to miss school. I was enraged watching that video; I don't know how the arresting officer kept his composure.
@@jennyn5692 Totally agree how he kept his composure was amazing he really let her show her true self. She is best locked away from society forever I doubt very much anyone can teach her the human qualities she is missing. She’s the type of person if she cries or shows sorrow it will be for herself & no one else.
We glorify booze and weed as having a good time . People can't go without their beer at a ball game . We made weed legal and they smoke it while driving . Lets not forget there's big tax money from these 'products' . I don't expect to see anything change on this.
@@smerchlyfor sure, it’s easily accessible. i’m 21 and work in a decent career job. im a functioning stoner and alcoholic. No one would ever know, you’d be surprised how many are like me. Holding full time jobs and sometimes even messed up on clock. i don’t drive or anything, but it’s a problem. it will only continue to get worse. OH yeah and don’t forget all the sketchy stores that will hand kids 12 packs/thc/ etc. i have been able to get it since i was 14 years old. never once been 🪪. Hope it gets better for the younger people coming up, but probably not.
Ugh I know he feels remorse, but it's just messed up how drunk drivers are always the ones to survive and walk away unscathed. Meanwhile the people that were minding their business are the ones to die or have their lives completely ruined. Rest in peace to the man that died and the twins they'll never get to meet...
There’s a reason for that. People in a relaxed state suffer less injuries statistically drunk or asleep. People who are aware of what’s about to happen tense up and break bones very easily.
I actually struggled to find any stats online for the difference in survival between drunk drivers and other involved victims. One article said drunk patients had a 65% greater chance of survival. Couldn’t read the full findings though unless I go find an issue of a journal. From the brief explanation of the study, it doesn’t seem like it paints a full picture. Many drunk drivers may skew those numbers if no other sober person is involved. My brother died driving drunk. The guy he hit had very minor injury to his leg and my brother wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. Probability was not on his side, but I appreciate no one else was really harmed or killed because of him. On a brighter note, I found statistics saying that drunk driving accidents are way down from the 80s. Guess a lot more people drank and drove back then.
I feel so bad for the lady , the fact she can never have kids anymore is heartbreaking , I want kids so bad and this would break me , condolences to the lady & her family .
For someone that remorseful, 41 years is just too much. There are people that get far less for taking more lives and showing little to no remorse. Many are sentenced to 20 years or less. Obviously he should serve time but 20 seems a lot more appropriate for a person like this. The justice system is so inconsistent and will never be an adequate deterrent unless it’s made much more consistent. There’s no reason that someone that plans and then murders someone could get less than a person who makes an idiotic decision while intoxicated.
@@simulki7108it depends on the state so I’m not positive, but most crimes that aren’t murder require 80% of time to be served in most states. That’s if they remain with good behavior. Sometimes people can get released much earlier on a supervised release (parole) but that’s heavily dependent upon the court, parole board, and how many people are incarcerated. They’re more likely to give someone early parole if they need space in the prison for new offenders, and someone like this would probably be granted an early parole over many other people
Bullsh**. Plenty of women have gotten harsh sentences for DUI... Amber Perera, Paige Seaton, Beni Duarte, Melissa Marvin. List goes on. Men make up stuff like this to pretend they're oppressed. Being the more oppressed gender in this world is not what you want.
I'm a Survivor from my trunk are hitting me head-on hydroplane about six times up in the air I died as I was dying I was gasping for air trying to keep my eyes open and I was burning up worse than a fever thank goodness it was the EMS for bringing me back I understand her pain because I was once told that I only had a 60- 80% chance I would never walk again after determination in my head I was able to walk 5 months later and I am disabled and I live with chronic pain everyday of my life & I do not get no SSI I wish I did have been denied 11 times 9 in the office and twice in the court and the last time was last year Rip
Why so long? He actually seemed like he cared and she forgave him these psycho woman who take selfish of dead victims and dance and ask when they able to go back to school classes get way less time. They should get life!
@@trentbrownstone1481 and the other girl didn't admit to it and said it wasn't her fault when she was intoxicated and only cared about graduating school and had no remorse for killing 2 people. So your point is?
@@TheAngryAustrian She didn’t ask to have her children taken from her and the opportunity/ choice of having more children was also taken from her big difference.
@@alanawinters21435 That’s the gamble with Alford/No-Contest pleas. You assert your innocence, don’t claim responsibility but admit the state has evidence that makes you look guilty. Sentencing is determined at the judges discretion. It could be more, it could be less that the punishment a straight guilty plea would get you. 41 years is the judge throwing the book at him.
@@tahoeclay Half the people in America think impeachment and removal from office are the same thing. Trust me. A lot of folks needed this explanation.
@lynchmob119 have you been to prison? I have. I’ve seen several men cry. Not for stupid reasons but the dude killed babies and a guy and his life is toast. They’d probably eat him alive if he wasn’t upset about it
Well I went to jail one night for a fight. The damage i did to a guy was ruled a felonious assault due to the severity of his injuries. (I wasn’t the aggressor) That night on the phone my dad told me something I’ll never forget.. "Make a mans mistake, pay a mans price" . We are all responsible for our choices we make. Even though we regret and are forgiven, we still must deal with the consequences.
Sounds like my loser father. That’s loser garbage. Your parents should support you not “do the crime do the time and follow Puritan laws and cultural values. Loyalty matters.
That was a very different state if not locality, judge, jury pool, voter base, case AND penal guidelines ect... So for example; in some states a 15 year sentence on a particular crime could actually mean more potential time than a 25 year on the same. One comes with parole rather soon and the other has none. Only good time. But then there's .. Look, it's complicated. This is how a 41 year sentence could actually mean only 8 years actually in prison.
I stopped drinking 13 years ago because I had nightmares of one day drinking and driving causing an accident. 🪦 RIP to this family that lost their lives.
When I go drink at my cousins or friends house If I know I'm gonna get drunk I'm 100% not driving and gonna crash the night at the place. Or if I'll just stop around 4 drinks and stay until I get sober and feel better then leave.
I won't give a speech or anything but in summary, as I've gotten older, my view of alcohol has gradually changed. As a part of this, the idea of quitting gradually built on me and just over 3 months ago, I finally pulled the trigger and quit. At 44, I feel better than I've felt in years and I'm NEVER going back.
He's so young as were the victims. I don't know if taking his life is any help in an already sad case. I wish there were a way for him to be able to be rehabilitated and to do something to speak to others about his experience and to warn others about the dangers and destruction of alcohol abuse. I hope he finds a way to do that. So sad for all involved.
@Ariella Reyes So you have never in your life had some drinks and drove home? Yes he made a fatal mistake and deserves some jail time, but I think he deserves some mercy. It was an accident. We have all made mistakes in life. If you don't give others mercy, there will be no mercy for you.
He should suffer a horrible & painful slow death for what he did . He knowingly drove drunk & killed innocent people & it was no accident . He should never be let out of prison . It's sooo easy for this crazy people in the comments section to defend him cause no one purposely killed their innocent family members & it shows .
Omg…the cries of pain is too much!!! People don’t understand that bad choices leads to DEATH of many things!!!!! At least he was apologetic, ain’t no telling what made him get drunk and do this?? Alcoholism is the most destructive DRUG, that is the MOST TOLERATED and LEGAL for use. He may have been going through some major mess or disruption as well. Most ppl who have/ or begin to accumulate DUI’s always have a record or history of self destruction…
@@lynchmobb119 One other dui guy who was 19 did killed 3 people and hurt their mother bad. He only got 14 years, he should had gotten the 41 years if you were to asks me.
I don’t have a problem with the sentencing, but it is worth mentioning he wouldn’t get as much time if he was a woman. There was the case in which the woman got 14 years after killing 2 people. America has the most misandrist criminal justice system and it’s sickening to see the double standards day after day play out.
Sentencing is also determined based on prior arrests etc and also the state. Every state is different in the sentencing laws a judge must abide by. America has a federal government and we have SOME “laws” that are equal across every state but each state is essentially separate and can operate outside of federal rule. If that makes any sense. It was a big deal to our forefathers not to have too much control from the feds. Many states tend to try to stay along the same lines with law and how they are enforced but not every state is the same. Some are more harsh on punishment than others. Hope that helps it make sense. It’s not “because she’s female” or “because someone is black” in some of these instances there’s a lot more going on. Some states would be less harsh than others on a variety of things…but I can certainly how one can come to your conclusion if you aren’t aware of how all this works. Looking at 2 cases from 2 states side by side and then the guideline’s a judge is meant to work within…..it’s never apples to apples.
An intoxicated man in my state backed over his wife at the airport during an argument, killing her, with their kid sitting in the back seat. He got 1-20 years. He will undoubtedly be out on parole soon. Do you know what's actually sickening to see play out day after day? All of the violent men being released early on parole, and promptly re-offending. You see them on the news every single day, robbing, raping and murdering.
Wow, 41 years in jail for one bad decision that led to tragic and unintended consequences. Meanwhile you've got career criminals stealing/assaulting/etc on a regular basis that use jail like a weekend hotel. People do less time for pre-meditated murder. Condolences to the family of the victims but this man shouldn't be essentially terminated because of what he did here. It's bad enough he has to live with what he's done, let alone spend the rest of his life in prison. This isn't justice.
He will never escape what he did. One day his choice when he could have called Uber and got home safe. His life is over. That dear woman lost her children😢
Twice the legal limit is actually not that many drinks if you have a high tolerance…. That’s the danger of alcohol, it’s deceiving and makes you think irrationally
@@Yui789esss Correct. But being drink can even be 2 drinks even if a person can so call tolerate it.. Their reaction time is still way off. Some actually believe they can work for years loaded. Uis only a matter of time when they get behind a wheel all bets are off. Function while drunk is still drunk. Think of it this way; would you let your 5 year old get on a school bus with a driver who had 1 beer or 2 beers EVERY morning? Hardly. That person is drunk. .... former med student.
This is why I can’t be a judge and/or a lawyer. He did show real remorse. Yes, he still deserves some PRISON time. But also rehab to get help. 41 years is life in prison pretty much. This judge is too stern. 😭
If that was YOUR situation you would not be saying this! He killed a man and unborn kids and now the lady can no longer have kids. How is 41 years ridiculous? He made a selfish decision that ruined the lives of so many. If that was your family who were the victims you would not be saying this. Until these hefty sentences for selfish drunk drivers become the norm, people will continue to drink and drive, ultimately killing innocent people while they walk away without a damn bruise. If we give these people a year and probation, people will continue to drink and drive.
No he deserves it! You know you are driving when you take the first sip, you can always hide your car keys on yourself if you are at home. It’s honestly disgusting that you can go out, crash a car and kills someone just to get 5 years. He killed 3 people.
Believe me, when you unintentionally killed someone, you lost a part of you that you will never have back. The guilt, regret, pain and mental torture would be too much. It will be very hard to love or forgive yourself after that and you wish you died insted. I feel that man's pain. I
Remorseful or not, his poor and irresponsible decision to get drunk and then drive resulted in him causing a fatal accident that took three innocent lives. 30 years would have been sufficient enough. However, the judge saw fit to sentence him to 41 years. Hopefully, the correctional facility will provide alcohol rehabilitation to him and he successfully completes it. If so, he may be able to get out earlier. May the victims rest in peace.
50% have drive while tired/sleep deprived which is even worse cuz once you sleep there is no control. Micro sleeps happen randomly too. Every tired person should uber then.
41 years , dang . Here in Canada if you're drinking and driving and you kill somebody. It's the easiest way to get away with murder. I remember a lady that killed six adults and one unborn baby on canada day in Saskatchewan. She was given ten years total time, And maybe served half of that before she was released. And I'm not even sure if they sent her to jail. I think she was a native lady so they center to a healing lodge...... literally disgusting
Not me only feel bad for the family that lost those unborn babies and her brother... this man chooses to get behind the wheel drunk, and we all know it's never a good idea...
Let this serve as a lesson. Never ever let your ego and irresponsibility allow you to put yourself in this sort of situation. Take an uber, sleep it off in the car, whatever, save yourself and others
Currently, you can get a DUI for sleeping in your car. Parked. Stretched out in the back seat. As long as the car is on or the keys are anywhere other than the trunk. For half of the year, it's either too hot or too cold to sleep in your car without the heat or AC on. Drunk driving would be cut in half within a week if the law was changed.
@@artyomarty391 like I said, since you can get a DUI for sleeping in your parked car, there's no point in doing that. You're less likely to get pulled over driving for 10 minutes than sleeping for 8 hours
@23raid Three beers is a LOT to have before driving. One alcoholic drink for a woman, or two for a man (well most men), is the safe limit before driving.
This is so sad for everyone involved and I feel so awful for the driver too, that level of guilt is unbearable to live with and the poor thing will suffer for the rest of his life. I feel compassion for him because you can tell he is not an evil person and has a kind heart. Just awful all around.
This had me crying for all involved. Mainly because I have family members who struggle with alcoholism and I fear every day that they might have this happen to them and they might take someone else’s life or their own. And of course the victim in this situation, she wants so badly to hate him but I think because she can feel his remorse, she simply cannot. It shows her character. He took so much from her but she will not go forward in life holding on to hatred. I hope that this man is able to find peace while servicing his time. He’ll be in his 70’s when he gets out, of course if he makes it to that age, but he’ll hopefully learn a lot about himself. Rest in peace to the brother and unborn twins and the life they never got to live.
My father drove drunk for yeeears and this is something I always feared. They finaly took away his licence and I'm soooo glad they did. I have absolutely no empathy for anyone driving drunk.
I worked for a lawyer who drank and drove home couple days a week. Sometimes drank in the office, sometimes at a local bar. He'd get pretty plastered. But even by age 70 he had never had an accident or a DUI The truth is, and many people have a hard time accepting it, is most drunk drivers are actually decent drivers... Most alcoholics would drive drunk hundreds of times before a DUI. Some drive thousands. Getting into an accident due to alcohol is actually fairly rare considering how many people are driving drunk right now, and usually happens to younger people who are not yet experienced with alcohol The more realistic fear is not for a drunk driver to get into an accident, its to get a DUI. A new inexperienced driver, for example, is more at risk of getting into an accident than some alcoholic who drinks and drivers weekly
@@thefastcommenter7774. I don’t have a say one way or the other to his prison sentence. I will say it’s complete BS that people have done a lot worse and gotten far lighter sentences
Niko, if you hit and killed me in a car wreck while drunk. I wouldn’t want you to serve 41 years. Why? Because I don’t think you or most anyone deserves that much punishment.
@@hendrx some people are evil. But the vast majority of people are neither good nor evil. Most people are just large, flawed children that have absolutely no idea what they are doing and never think about their decisions. And if everyone is truly just stumbling through their life, trying the best that they can, who are we to sentence someone to a lifetime of torture? People are so quick to say, this man made a bad decision. Hmm, how sure are you about that? Did the diabetic choose his diabetes? Did the addict choose her addiction? Did I choose to write you back? The older I get, the more I realize that I’m on a path that I can’t escape. Sure I can wake up a few minutes earlier, sure I can work harder…but when it comes to do or die, heat of the moment, I’m just a result of my neuorchemisty…which neither I nor anyone have domain over.
Terribly sad & I so feel for the affected family & friends. I do feel the perpetrator is genuinely very remorseful & that shows in that he pleaded no contest. His apology & contrition seemed genuine. It’s just an all round terrible outcome. Families destroyed, people lost too soon & the offender’s life forever ruined. Just don’t drink & drive. That car is a deadly weapon, one you don’t have full control over. RIP to those lost. 💕
Indeed. It is the ongoing, epic battle between good and evil. We are in very dark times but the light and the corrective wrath IS coming, and it WILL RAIN DOWN. Keep the faith and gird your loins. Good WILL PREVAIL.
That's what I was thinking. Abortion happens all the time because women have excuses to not have the money. But if someone else does it to the woman it's a crime. Why can't it be both
In states where abortion is illegal its murder if unborn baby has been in womb for more than 4.5 months. Half way through pregnancy. If this was a state like California or New York then he wouldn't have been charged for the babies
I don't care what anyone says a baby is a human living being at conception they have a heart beat and they are growing inside the womb. He made the choice to drive while intoxicated and killed 3 innocent people for his negligence and selfishness he now has to pay for the consequences of his actions.
@@dianahaist6073 I think the point is - Should women that have abortions also be charged with murder? Because by this logic, it seems like a fair question.
Not saying he doesn’t deserve jail time but how does this man who’s remorseful about what he did and had no intent on hurting anyone get 41 years but yet there are cases of horrible murderers who obviously planned on killing someone that get 20-25 years
This is sad, this could be me 100 percent. Condolences to everyone involved in this case. He truly have remorse, n the family is crushed. Prayers up to you all .
It's awful to see him remorseful but this is what they need to show people to set an example as to how serious it is to drink behind the wheel. I'm sorry, I myself could not forgive if one of my family members were gone from someone's "addiction". It needs to be a reminder for everyone. This is so unsafe.
I know he was remorseful and genuine about it, I feel so bad and sad for everyone involved. They aren’t bad people just made a stupid decision and it was a risk he took and it ended innocents lives and hurt people forever. It’s sad how the system is though. There are actual evil people who hurt and kill other’s purposely but her a lesser sentence or release is what I’m confused by.
I watched a case of a man who killed 4 teens due to drinking and driving. He served a short sentence, when released, he went out and drank and drove again, and was pulled over for driving erratic. When police pulled him over, he was intoxicated again. Truly an example of a person who obviously didn't care to learn his lesson and had zero remorse for taking 4 young lives for him to go out and do it again. Here this guy gets a heavy sentence for a terrible mistake that he actually is extremely remorseful for. Not saying he should have gotten a slap on the hand, "Do the crime do the time". But man, they really stuck it to him. I think he should have gotten a lesser sentence in my opinion.
How do you know he’s really remorseful and not just an act so he gets less punishment?? . And why should how remorseful have to do with how he’s punished. He should have consequences, it was what he chose to do was drink. He could’ve chosen to call someone to take him back home or called an Uber or not drink at all if he couldn’t get back some other way.
I feel for both sides. It's heartbreaking all around. For those comparing his situations to others. Yeah it sucks but I'm glad judges are being harsh of these sentences. It happens too often. Im glad he is remorseful but ultimately he killed someone.And it is your responsibility to be aware of how much is too much. Unfortunately some choices we make not only change our lives but others as well. Hope this is a cautionary tale to not drink and drive.
EXACTLY! You’re the voice of reason here. So many people in the comments are saying it’s too long of a sentence but I disagree. He killed a man and unborn kids and now the lady can no longer have kids. How is 41 years ridiculous? He made a selfish decision that ruined the lives of so many. If that was your family who were the victims you would not be saying this. Until these hefty sentences for selfish drunk drivers become the norm, people will continue to drink and drive, ultimately killing innocent people while they walk away without a damn bruise
@@ariellareyes8937If I were the woman in this video and saw that man showing remorse I still wouldn’t be able to forgive him because it’s not in me, But I would let go of the hatred the anger, etc.
@@FSUOSU25 I can never forgive a person who takes away someone so important to me as it’s not in me but I would try to let go of the hatred the anger of that person inside of me.
That’s a despicable sentence. Sure he deserves to be punished but rapists and murderers who INTENTIONALLY kill people in cold blood and show no remorse have gotten far less. The lowlifes that raped and murdered a girl in a park in front of on lookers were only given 26 years when they should have been sentenced to death. This guy showed remorse. It doesn’t bring the victims back but he doesn’t deserve a worse sentence than those who commit violence intentionally.
Whether he had intent or not he still decided to drink and drive costing lives of so many innocent beings. If you're struggling with anything you need to reach out not harm yourself and others...we all have problems but ppl like this need help in learning how to react properly. I'm glad he's remorseful and hopefully this time he won't repeat history.
Human mind is not perfect and sometimes makes bad judgement. We are all humans and in a perfect world would do our part to help minimize consequences to actions as the universe already has some pretty harsh consequences to actions set in place.
@@hashidraws We have all made bad judgement before. No one's mind is perfect. You too have made negligent mistakes that could have led to someone else dying. The most productive mindset is to move forward and not live stuck in the past reminiscing over something that can't be changed.
Let this be a lesson, you drive drunk you can become a murder. Personally, I take the never drink alcohol approach, life is better for everyone by not drinking.
Even as a teen, drinking and driving has always been my biggest pet peeve. There is absolutely zero excuses for it. If you have the money to go out and drink, you have the money to call a cab. If you're drinking at home, do not leave your house for anything. This is absolutely heartbreaking. Not only did she lose her unborn twins but she lost the ability to have more children. I don't care how remorseful he claims to be, in a situation like that you take your sentence, you don't ask for leniency.
Most drunk drivers don't even remember getting behind the wheel. That's the whole "disease" part of alcoholism. Not to mention alcohol lowers inhibition, increasing the likelihood they will feel more confident in their skills. It's not so cut and dry, kids.
@@mckricks1 the point is that if you don’t have the money to get yourself home safely, you don’t have the money to be drinking at all. As in you shouldn’t go out drinking knowing you can’t afford a cab, etc.
Omg this poor woman. She is so brave and good hearted for forgiving him. This is one of his biggest gift! Those 2 unborn babies are now with God in peace. ♥️ I hope God bless her with a child.
The sentencing of these cases are lop-sided. I just watched a woman who killed two grown adults, leaving 3 young girls orphans. She walked past the car with them in it to leave the scene and got 21 years! What?! Another woman killed three teens and got only 29 years! But this man gets 41 years for killing two unborn twins? Something's really wrong with the justice system in America. All of them are murderers but clearly women fair better and different sentencing for races as well. smh This system is straight up crazy. I feel for the victims and even some of the convicted (some are truly remorseful) but the system is broken.
Correction. 2 unborn twin girls, causing the mother to become infertile, and killing her younger brother. But I agree, the justice system is broken and in certain states, it seems to be getting worse. Case in point, the crash that caused the death of a child, and the teens got off with a slap on the wrists.
I think he gotten off with less time than he deserved, he probably could of racked up a sentence of at least 70 years if judge wanted, he took 3 lives and injured 1, why are you so upset he's got too much time? He got a bargain, he's a warning to others what will happen when you drink and drive
@@kevinkwiatkowski7197 I said nothing about him getting too much time, my point was judgements are not balanced - he got double the time vs others who caused more deaths and by some who weren't remoseful at all.
@@rebekah1362 A drunk man backed over his wife at the SLC airport with their kid in the backseat. He killed her. He is getting no more than 20 years. Probably out on parole in 5.
Sad thing is, because he was honest and likely cooperative to take his punishment. He got a higher sentence than most. Criminal thugs who take no accountability tend to get the most leniency. Something about this needs to change.
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So they give him 41 years who's extremely devastated on what he did but they're giving these women who smile in their mugshots only 7 to 14 years for a deadly DUI that killed 2 people?
Men always get worse sentences than women. Double standard BS
right like stephanie melgoza and the body cam footage is absolutely disgusting to watch. At least this guy showed SOME remorse. So sad
I don't think she was even charged with the manslaughter
Female privilege is real
She got only four years
So he gets 41 years but a young girl who kills two people walking because she was intoxicated gets 14 years ??
Isn't it a privilege being a white woman .
Need to be some type of law for all states to agree like kill a person = x amount if years per person. Makes the process faster too. Plus maybe some will reconsider driving thinking about years they lose if get in accident.
The West is Gynocentric in the way it approaches most things. Women or rather feminism is the ruling ideology currently. So men usually get the heavy hand and women usually get the soft touch.
This last part is not hyperbolic in the slightest:
This will cause the downfall of the west and all nations that adhere to this path. You and your children are already experiencing the early stages of a 'woman-ruled' society. It will only get worse.
Yes uniform truth in sentencing guidelines
@@brettk9316That’s a stupid idea. Not every manslaughter case is the same. There is a difference between someone who is drunk and doesn’t notice someone changing a tire on the side of the road and hits them be someone who is drunk and speeding and hits a car and kills someone.
You’d be surprised how many variables there are in any case like this
Its always the people that are the most truthfully remorseful and actually did something by accident that get the longest sentence this world is backwards
Yea… the world is backwards. Theres a lot I could reference from this. But It just makes me so angry bc it’s wrong. I suppose if his reaction be the opposite he would have less of a sentence? Probably.
Looking online, DUI homicide sentences seem to really try - you get remorseless perpetrators getting 20 or so years and then there's this guy with 41
@@lioking4093 41 years is life in prison pretty much!
@@noahdavid6504 Exactly!
This judge is just too stern! I don’t like him.
My mother was murdered in a grocery store. The man only got 25 years. WTF is wrong with our system?!!!! Dude wasn’t sorry at all either.
I agree, this was too harsh compared to other crimes by hardened criminals. And I'm very sorry for what happened to your mother and your family.
@@mr.d.572harsh? He killed 2 unborn babies ? Where is yalls sense?!
WOMEN CAN KILL THEIR UNBORN CHILDREN FOR FREE WITH THE STATE WHO PAY BUT A MAN WHO KILL UNBORN CHILDREN SUDDENLY IS A MURDERER??? 🤡🤡🤡💩💩💩
Women can kill their unborn children for free without a reason and paid by state but if men do its a murderer??? 🤡🤡🤡💩💩💩
Women can kill their unborn children for free without a reason and paid by state but if men do its a murderer??? 🤡🤡🤡💩💩💩
You know, I have to give him credit for at least being remorseful and genuinely sorry for what he caused, but he must pay for making that horrible decision. And that poor woman, so forgiving and so gracious after such an awful tragedy. Peace to her and her family.
well said
41 years behind bars is too long for this non intentional crime. Sad state of affairs all round.
@@colleenshea2293 I be seeing women get 10 years for this same crime.
@@MarioMartinez-tt9ly even though men commit far more violent crimes than women, studies have shown that women receive lighter sentences than men for identical crimes.
@@colleenshea2293 _41 years behind bars is too long for this non intentional crime_
…”Forever” is too long for Raquel Haralambou to be separated from her baby twins and her younger brother.
I'm a retired police officer. You can imagine how many dealings I had with drunk drivers. When I was younger I thought they were simply evil people who didn't care except for their vice. It took me a while to realize they all needed help. Most were good people dealing with a disease. Whether to nurse anxiety, depression, failed marriage, joblessness, illness or loneliness, jail wasn't the answer. Society spends money on jail, clothing, meds and food. But not a dime on mandatory rehab or therapy. I feel for this family's loss. I don't have the answer for punishment in this case. He didn't intend to kill anyone. Yet the disease that controls him impacted his decision to drive. I feel for everyone. I thought I was doing right. But maybe I was part of the problem.
Thank you for this comment, sir. It is easy to judge others and to say "lock them up and throw away the key!" Addiction is a complex disease which tells it's sufferers that they don't have it. We need better approaches.
Na I don't hate law enforcement such encouragement sir thank you for taking the time to try and do the right thing
He had a choice not to drive! He killed people with drinking and driving knowing the consequences. No excuses! I’m a recovering addict and alcoholic but I knew better because I cared about life, period.
@@BridgKay this is true but ppl make poor decisions so give him 41 years when like other ppl say/said way less real monsters out there get in and out of trouble with law enforcement but they're the ones who should be sitting rotting away for life
Are you for REAL. I hope you keep that same energy if your loves are viticms of those idiots. You of all people knows the damage of driving while impaired.
he gets 41 years but the girl who purposefully rammed into a wall and killed two teenagers and wanted to kill herself gets only 15? that’s crazy both should get 40 years
Its a girl. Female privileges
blackpilled
Different states, different laws
I agree
Think there should be uniform with some crimes across all states one being DUI leading to a death
I can’t even watch this it’s so sickening how they did him. The justice system is absolute trash.
How they did him wrong ? Dude drove drunk and driving on the wrong side of the road and head on to innocent people that he killed a brother and unborn babies 👶🏼
At least he shows extraordinary remorse, I’ve had a friend killed and the lack of remorse showed by the killer made me so angry, it tears you apart so bad because it feels like jail won’t be that bad for them.
Oh yea well I drove home drunk 25 miles home with no memory of the drive…..
Yes when he goes to jail!!! 🥴
His remorse has nothing to do with it. He chose to drink and drive. Personally I think a dui crash that causes death should be a capital crime.
@@bigjay5516 stop thinking , it’s obviously not your forte
Jail for a man is 100X worse than it is for women. So don't ever worry about a man's time in prison, for women it's like a hotel that caters to all their bs. After all, women are much more "law abiding" than men, right?! 🙄
My brother's friend from high school crashed and killed his buddy while driving drunk, showed no remorse, and received a much lighter sentence. I think he's out already. This man would clearly never repeat this mistake, yet he gets a worse sentence than murderers who planned it ahead of time. Sad is an understatement.
His buddy is struggling to find a job, due to his criminal record
i honestly think its because their were two unborn children killed. that tends to tug at heartstrings
@isabelamogosanu7777 Yes and the crash destroyed her ability for future children as well. I can’t even begin to imagine the pain this woman felt along with her inability to hate this man after everything that he’s done to her and her family.
@@isabelamogosanu7777women intentionally abort "unborn children" all the time and get off scot free
@Dannydolan88No way. He is a drunk, they don't change. He is just sorry he's going to prison.
The most convincingly genuinely remorseful DUI perp ive ever seen gets the absolute longest sentence I've ever heard of for this type of crime. I guess we all live in opposite land or something because none of this makes sense. Nothing but gut wrenching sadness and misery, here and in every direction as far as the eye can see.
He knew that once he starts drinking and driving it would eventually cause a fatal accident. Now people are whining and protesting how unfair it is that he got 41 years. They forget that he killed two innocent, unborn babies. Imagine how the parents feel? It's a lot more painful for them.
@@davidnace9946 please point to where I was making excuses or suggesting that the severity of the sentence subtracted from the impact that his crime had on his victims? All I'm saying is this dude seems to be genuinely remorseful. It doesn't subtract from what he did and yes he should still be punished. But him being the most outwatdly genuinely remorseful defendant that I have ever personally seen in a case like this one only adds another dimension of tragedy when taken in the light of the harshness of the sentence (a sentence can still be harsh even if it is justified, please remember English 101 before responding).
@@s.deegan3740 Sorry, but too many are focusing on this man's whining and feelings of remorse instead of focusing on the parents and what they're going through. They're the ones that loss their two unborn babies to a a drunk reckless driver. Before he took that first drink he knew he had to get behind the wheel but didn't care. He made that choice and now two parents are grieving. Sadly, most of the comments are focusing on how bad they feel for that idiot. English 101 has nothing to do with my opinion.
He's just a dirt bag that drive drunk. Not sure what makes him any better than others.
@@davidnace9946 Why is everyone talking about the babies? I think people are forgetting that her younger brother, the other person in the car, was also killed. I get that she can't have babies again but killing the babies wasn't manslaughter. They weren't born yet.
It's refreshing to see someone feel bad for their mistakes
Very true. I like to try to write these people when I learn about them to at least express that their remorse is appreciated. Not that that covers over what they've done but if someone has anything good in them it's at least something to encourage them not to abandon it during their incarceration.
I'm pretty harsh on DUI drivers but I have to say I have a bit more respect for the fact this guy seems genuinely remorseful which I find most aren't. May he find peace in his horrible horrible horrible decision.
Drunk drivers are not making "decisions" - they are incapicitated.
@@colleenshea2293 But they do make decisions. There is a point where they are sober, Where they drive to the bar knowing that they don't have a way home if they drink except for driving themselves drunk. They make a sober choice to not have another way home if they start drinking but to drink and drive. If I drive to the bar sober and I know I have no other way home but to drive my vehicle and I decide to get drunk anyways that Is A sober choice to drink and drive. I know that might not always be the case. Maybe somebody Planned for a friend to come pick them up and the friend canceled so they drunkenly get in their car anyways. But the majority of the time when somebody drives somewhere and then decides to get drunk. They know that they don't have a way home besides driving their own car and they roll the dice anyways. That's a sober conscious decision.
@@colleenshea2293Making a poor decision is still making a decision and secondly you make the decision on how much you drink or whether you drink at all so it's your own responsibility to monitor that.
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There is an obvious difference between someone taking a gun, and then shooting 3 people, all while sober. There is clear intent to kill here
And then someone, on accident, making a mistake on the road and crashing into someone, killing them. Most people would say these two crimes are completely different
Alcohol may not even be related to the accident, FYI. Its just that the way the state sees it, if there is alcohol involved, it does not matter whether the alcohol caused the accident, or just poor driving, or some other 3rd variable. This is why its especially dangerous to drive drunk- because if something happens while you're driving, you're automatically guilty of a crime rather than a traffic violation, pretty much regardless who was actually at fault
Then theres the 41 years. You might think this is not enough, but in almost all other 1st world countries, even cold blooded serial killers dont get such long sentences. In most if not all European countries, for example, this guy would get sub 10 years
We have to treat cold blooded killers differently than these drunk drivers
I agree. But I don't think he will keep himself safe for the duration of his sentence. I think it'll eat him up and he will want to end it. Sadky
I lost my son like this and never got justice I carried my dead son in the hospital 😢 We had a funeral and still remember it like it happened yesterday 😢 so much pain on earth.
So sorry
I feel your pain you cry none stop you can’t even breath you just want to die
God is coming soon 🙏 ty for your kindness 🌹
@@AG-et6qp 😞true
The system is BROKEN
I feel terrible for both families. Obviously this guy wasn’t a bad guy. He made 1 bad decision and it’s costing him basically the rest of his life.
Yep. The decision to get behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated literally will ruin your life in an instant. Knowing that, why people continue to do it floors me.
I’m sure this isn’t the first time he’s done this.
All murders are one bad decision. He made a decision to drink and drive and he killed people. It’s not so obvious that he wasn’t a bad guy
@@TheVickster321why would you assume that? Instead of rehabilitating people who commit crimes, this country is obsessed with locking people up for an inordinate amount of time. A 41 year sentence for a DUI is absurd.
@@greenlime1997its not 41 YEARS for a DUI its 41 years for causing the deaths of 3 people and sterilizing a young grieving mother. And if hes the type of person to drink that heavily he drives i highly doubt hed never done it before. This is just the first time it ended in tragedy and someone else paid. As the mother pointed out, their lives would have each been longer than 42 years and hes taken that away. He robbed her child of a sibling, he robbed that mother of every smile, laugh, hand holding, school photo, lost tooth, "happy mothers day!". He robbed her of the ability to wake up any morning for the rest of her life without being gutted by the missing pieces. All because of a choice HE made to DRINK and DRIVE. an eye for an eye. A life for a life.
It is refreshing to see someone genuinely remorseful. He didn't only regret getting caught, or for himself. He feels bad for selfishly drinking, and driving.
41 years? i have seen the most gruesome crimes been given much lighter sentences. justice no longer exists in this world.
I mean he was completely drunk and decided to drive... and drove the WRONG WAY killing unborn children and someone else... its 3 lives. Terrible situation but you'd think 41 is kind of light here.
You don’t think 2 people dying in which being unborn twins isn’t gruesome? Wtf is wrong with you mate.
He killed three people and left a their mother and sister permanently unable to have children due to the internal damage sustained when she was forced to miscarry her two healthy unborn daughters. The horror that woman must have experienced losing her brother and then having her lifeless children removed from her body as she lay on the brink of death is unimaginable. Truly beyond nightmares.
It’s a pretty twisted crime
Well they don't hold people responsible for abortions...seems that's perfectly fine....funny world we live in.@@YoBrand15
@@YoBrand15 Well he made the stupid decision to drive drunk, but never intended to hurt anybody. Most drunk drivers get away with it, he had bad luck and will live with what he did for the rest of his life. If he gets 41 for this, makes you think people who do crimes with the intention to hurt somebody would get even worse but its not the case
This is truly sad both for the victims and their families but also for the man responsible who seems genuinely remorseful.😢
shouldnt drink and drive then like what lol
@@asjbfjbkawobviously there needs to be punishment, but he still feels horrible about it
@@asjbfjbkaw nice sentence, man.
Haha don't like my comment you moron
I can assure you, that you are a hypocrite. Probably text and drive all the time. @@asjbfjbkaw
but a girl who kills her boyfriend and her friend in a car crash on purpose and under influence gets 15 years? Nice
WOMEN CAN KILL THEIR UNBORN CHILDREN FOR FREE WITH THE STATE WHO PAY BUT A MAN WHO KILL UNBORN CHILDREN SUDDENLY IS A MURDERER??? 🤡🤡🤡💩💩💩
Omg... People who murder in cold blood don't even get that long. Justice was not served
Justice unfortunately just means someone pays for crime it doesn't mean the right sentence is handed out or that the bad guy goes to jail.
@@brianawhittaker8152 you missed the point of what he said.
I wonder if you would think the same if this man killed your unborn twins and as a result, you could no longer bear children. These two babies would have lived longer than 41 years. All of this would’ve had been avoided had he not chose to drink and drive. So yeah, the punishment is justified.
@@Hunee- keep that same energy for women, like that one case where the young lady kills 2 people and was only worried about graduating from her college the next week and showed no remorse. She got 14yrs, this guy got 41. Wtf?
@@Hunee- Have you not heard of abortion? Technically before birth its not alive.
These situations are tragic all around. He ruined his own life as well the lives of many others. I feel for all of them.
What he did was no different to abortion.
Not all cases - look up Marco Muzzo - killed four people including three children. The father later committed suicide. He wiped the whole family out, repeat offender, and only got 6 years before full parole.
@@H.K.5keep your political rants to the correct pages please 🙄
@@nala7658you just pretty much told us you're pro abortion by not agreeing. Damn, murderer. You're crazy.
If he went to a pro abortion rally they'd say to him "you did nothing wrong." And if he went to Bil Gates house he'd say "as an extinction-ist, i want to thank you for lowering the population."
& then you ask yourself why Stephanie Melgoza was only sentenced to 14 years in prison after smiling & laughing after mowing down & killing 2 while drunk.
And singing and talking about going to Vegas and drinking. Only worried that she was going to miss school. I was enraged watching that video; I don't know how the arresting officer kept his composure.
@@jennyn5692 Totally agree how he kept his composure was amazing he really let her show her true self. She is best locked away from society forever I doubt very much anyone can teach her the human qualities she is missing. She’s the type of person if she cries or shows sorrow it will be for herself & no one else.
@@everythingtechnew7400 get a real car wtf is that off brand Bs 🤡
Ethan couch killed 4 people drunk driving at 16 yrs old and only got probation. Not fair to say the least. 😕
@@InfamousCrimeLocationsaint no way. Why is that?
It’s never the drunk driver that dies. It’s always the people around them 😔.
We glorify booze and weed as having a good time . People can't go without their beer at a ball game . We made weed legal and they smoke it while driving . Lets not forget there's big tax money from these 'products' . I don't expect to see anything change on this.
@@smerchlyfor sure, it’s easily accessible. i’m 21 and work in a decent career job. im a functioning stoner and alcoholic. No one would ever know, you’d be surprised how many are like me. Holding full time jobs and sometimes even messed up on clock. i don’t drive or anything, but it’s a problem. it will only continue to get worse. OH yeah and don’t forget all the sketchy stores that will hand kids 12 packs/thc/ etc. i have been able to get it since i was 14 years old. never once been 🪪. Hope it gets better for the younger people coming up, but probably not.
@@smerchlyyeah weed don’t make you crash
@@rolandg36021% of all crash deaths involved weed you sound dumb
Because they’re drunk and more relaxed. Meanwhile the victims are tense and scared
I wasn’t ready to shed tears today, God bless that poor family who lost their loved ones.
Ugh I know he feels remorse, but it's just messed up how drunk drivers are always the ones to survive and walk away unscathed. Meanwhile the people that were minding their business are the ones to die or have their lives completely ruined. Rest in peace to the man that died and the twins they'll never get to meet...
@Dannydolan88I think the OP meant unscathed as in no physical injuries or death. Not the emotional trauma this caused
After all the pain that this man caused, it’s still heart breaking to hear someone say that they hate themselves everyday.
@Dannydolan88ok but he’s grown enough to know not to drink and drive been a rule for many years lol
There’s a reason for that. People in a relaxed state suffer less injuries statistically drunk or asleep. People who are aware of what’s about to happen tense up and break bones very easily.
I actually struggled to find any stats online for the difference in survival between drunk drivers and other involved victims. One article said drunk patients had a 65% greater chance of survival. Couldn’t read the full findings though unless I go find an issue of a journal. From the brief explanation of the study, it doesn’t seem like it paints a full picture. Many drunk drivers may skew those numbers if no other sober person is involved. My brother died driving drunk. The guy he hit had very minor injury to his leg and my brother wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. Probability was not on his side, but I appreciate no one else was really harmed or killed because of him. On a brighter note, I found statistics saying that drunk driving accidents are way down from the 80s. Guess a lot more people drank and drove back then.
41 years??? He must have been poor.
And a man
And white
Bingo. He couldn't afford a super defense team.
I feel so bad for the lady , the fact she can never have kids anymore is heartbreaking , I want kids so bad and this would break me , condolences to the lady & her family .
For someone that remorseful, 41 years is just too much. There are people that get far less for taking more lives and showing little to no remorse. Many are sentenced to 20 years or less. Obviously he should serve time but 20 seems a lot more appropriate for a person like this. The justice system is so inconsistent and will never be an adequate deterrent unless it’s made much more consistent. There’s no reason that someone that plans and then murders someone could get less than a person who makes an idiotic decision while intoxicated.
I would give him 10 years
In Sweden, they only sit 2/3 of the sentences they recieve, no matter what the sentence is. Not the same in USA?
@@simulki7108it depends on the state so I’m not positive, but most crimes that aren’t murder require 80% of time to be served in most states. That’s if they remain with good behavior. Sometimes people can get released much earlier on a supervised release (parole) but that’s heavily dependent upon the court, parole board, and how many people are incarcerated. They’re more likely to give someone early parole if they need space in the prison for new offenders, and someone like this would probably be granted an early parole over many other people
I agree. Sadly, I can't see him coping with living with this. I think it'll overwhelm him.
I agree 41 years is way too excessive
If this was a woman she would’ve gotten 10 years. This is why our court system is so inconsistent
its possible. In canada, he would have gotten maybe 5 because it was not intentional murder and i am assuming he had no prior DUI convictions.
abortionist said unborn baby are not human or babies
@@hotpepper5037 doesn't matter, he still killed a man and permanently injured a woman.
Stop crying on gender Man up homie..
Bullsh**. Plenty of women have gotten harsh sentences for DUI... Amber Perera, Paige Seaton, Beni Duarte, Melissa Marvin. List goes on. Men make up stuff like this to pretend they're oppressed. Being the more oppressed gender in this world is not what you want.
I hate alcohol. It has ruined so many lives.
Me too.
Prohibit it
Its not the alcohol but the culture and people.
That’s why when you drink stay at home or chill at family or friend house do not try to drive because something like this can basically happen
Never drink and drive, so heartbreaking..💔 and she couldn’t even have another chance for more kids in the future. .
Damn.....This woman lost her unborn twins & can no longer become pregnant due to his choice to drive his vehicle the wrong direction while intoxicated
Think about his mental health though please
@@a1mi551she can’t collect child support now
I'm a Survivor from my trunk are hitting me head-on hydroplane about six times up in the air I died as I was dying I was gasping for air trying to keep my eyes open and I was burning up worse than a fever thank goodness it was the EMS for bringing me back I understand her pain because I was once told that I only had a 60- 80% chance I would never walk again after determination in my head I was able to walk 5 months later and I am disabled and I live with chronic pain everyday of my life & I do not get no SSI I wish I did have been denied 11 times 9 in the office and twice in the court and the last time was last year
Rip
Drink water and eat melons
Why so long? He actually seemed like he cared and she forgave him these psycho woman who take selfish of dead victims and dance and ask when they able to go back to school classes get way less time. They should get life!
He admitted to it and tried to work with them
@@trentbrownstone1481 and the other girl didn't admit to it and said it wasn't her fault when she was intoxicated and only cared about graduating school and had no remorse for killing 2 people. So your point is?
So just bc he seemed like it doesn’t mean he actually sorry. How do you know for act that this is not an act ?
So if those girls deserve life then so should he bc he took the lives of two babies
So all a guy has to do is cry in court for him to get less time ? No accountability for his actions ? He clearly didn’t care enough bc he drove drunk.
Pain sometimes teaches people to not repeat the same mistakes again.
😥 I feel so bad for her, it is one thing to lose your unborn babies but not being able to have more kids on top of it, how horrible.
My grandmother lost her twins too when she was giving birth to them 😔
If she went to planned parenthood and had those twins scooped out you'd support her.
@@TheAngryAustriandamn but true crazy huh man
@@TheAngryAustrian She didn’t ask to have her children taken from her and the opportunity/ choice of having more children was also taken from her big difference.
@@TheAngryAustrianshe was heavily pregnant when she lost them here, it’s totally different for me.
No contest means,that you feel that they have enough to convict,but not admitting guilt.
I wonder if he’d pled guilty would he have gotten a different sentence?
@@alanawinters21435 That’s the gamble with Alford/No-Contest pleas. You assert your innocence, don’t claim responsibility but admit the state has evidence that makes you look guilty. Sentencing is determined at the judges discretion. It could be more, it could be less that the punishment a straight guilty plea would get you. 41 years is the judge throwing the book at him.
Thanks for letting everyone know what everyone already knows.
@@tahoeclay I'm not in the US, I didn't know.
@@tahoeclay Half the people in America think impeachment and removal from office are the same thing. Trust me. A lot of folks needed this explanation.
This guy took it like a man. Rest in peace to the victims and hope the perp can turn things around.
What no he didn’t he’s crying, they are going to eat him alive in prison
@lynchmob119 have you been to prison? I have. I’ve seen several men cry. Not for stupid reasons but the dude killed babies and a guy and his life is toast. They’d probably eat him alive if he wasn’t upset about it
@@caseyblankenship987 lol yes and not some little level one camp, I promise it’s not a good idea to cry💀 you must have been on that one block 🕵️♂️
It’s sad how they sentence people with no remorse with less time. Genuine remorse cannot be faked.
Well I went to jail one night for a fight. The damage i did to a guy was ruled a felonious assault due to the severity of his injuries. (I wasn’t the aggressor) That night on the phone my dad told me something I’ll never forget..
"Make a mans mistake, pay a mans price" .
We are all responsible for our choices we make. Even though we regret and are forgiven, we still must deal with the consequences.
Exactly woman didn’t swerve in time take responsibility. I don’t care about Puritan values.
Wise words. I bet those words have saved you a time or two.
Sounds like my loser father. That’s loser garbage. Your parents should support you not “do the crime do the time and follow Puritan laws and cultural values. Loyalty matters.
Dang dad was on point with that one.
Yes!
This entire case is just so so sad. Breaks my heart.
His tears are not for pity, just pain. What a horrible situation
You need to look up the word PITY clearly you don’t know what it means ….
@@mach183 I meant he wasn’t looking for pity, I think most people understood my comment. I should be more careful, sorry!
@@roseinthedesert3911how do you know his true feelings
Oh give me a break this pos deserves to rot
@@roseinthedesert3911 only GOD can search the heart and know the true feelings .. sorry your not qualified to judge anyone
I've seen a girl getting just 14 years for killing two people while drunk driving. His sentence really surprised me!!
That was a very different state if not locality, judge, jury pool, voter base, case AND penal guidelines ect...
So for example; in some states a 15 year sentence on a particular crime could actually mean more potential time than a 25 year on the same. One comes with parole rather soon and the other has none. Only good time. But then there's ..
Look, it's complicated. This is how a 41 year sentence could actually mean only 8 years actually in prison.
41.0125 years???? Really? What's with the .0125 years? The American justice system is a true joke in every sense of the word.
Mostly because time already served.
I stopped drinking 13 years ago because I had nightmares of one day drinking and driving causing an accident. 🪦 RIP to this family that lost their lives.
Me to!! Drinking is always all bad!
Good for you!! I would do that but I’m allergic to alcohol
When I go drink at my cousins or friends house If I know I'm gonna get drunk I'm 100% not driving and gonna crash the night at the place. Or if I'll just stop around 4 drinks and stay until I get sober and feel better then leave.
I won't give a speech or anything but in summary, as I've gotten older, my view of alcohol has gradually changed. As a part of this, the idea of quitting gradually built on me and just over 3 months ago, I finally pulled the trigger and quit. At 44, I feel better than I've felt in years and I'm NEVER going back.
@@rosie6 Trust me, that's a blessing.
He's so young as were the victims. I don't know if taking his life is any help in an already sad case. I wish there were a way for him to be able to be rehabilitated and to do something to speak to others about his experience and to warn others about the dangers and destruction of alcohol abuse. I hope he finds a way to do that. So sad for all involved.
No, he made a decision that night and he needs to deal with the consequences&the consequences need to be harsh otherwise this will continue to happen.
@Ariella Reyes So you have never in your life had some drinks and drove home? Yes he made a fatal mistake and deserves some jail time, but I think he deserves some mercy. It was an accident. We have all made mistakes in life. If you don't give others mercy, there will be no mercy for you.
@@ariellareyes8937If you ever make a mistake behind the wheel and kill someone, I sure hope the judge has a more open mind than you currently do.
@@ariellareyes8937careful
what goes around comes around
He should suffer a horrible & painful slow death for what he did . He knowingly drove drunk & killed innocent people & it was no accident . He should never be let out of prison . It's sooo easy for this crazy people in the comments section to defend him cause no one purposely killed their innocent family members & it shows .
Omg…the cries of pain is too much!!! People don’t understand that bad choices leads to DEATH of many things!!!!! At least he was apologetic, ain’t no telling what made him get drunk and do this?? Alcoholism is the most destructive DRUG, that is the MOST TOLERATED and LEGAL for use.
He may have been going through some major mess or disruption as well. Most ppl who have/ or begin to accumulate DUI’s always have a record or history of self destruction…
Jesus I’ve seen a murderer get less time who intentionally did it. He should definitely serve time but 41 years. Omg
Did they murder 3 people tho?
And he can get out in 20
Women can kill their unborn children for free without a reason and paid by state but if men do its a murderer??? 🤡🤡🤡💩💩💩
@@lynchmobb119Theirs a big diffeeence between planning iut a murder then dui manslaughter come on now both are horrible but 41 years is ridiculous
@@lynchmobb119 One other dui guy who was 19 did killed 3 people and hurt their mother bad. He only got 14 years, he should had gotten the 41 years if you were to asks me.
Wow 41 years that's crazy if that had happened in New Zealand he wouldn't have gotten that sentence. My heart goes out to the family
And Canada. A billionaire killed 4. He spent less than 2 years before day parole to run his business empire.
Who?
Putin killed many and he still out there being president.
@@LuckyTown77 was it because he’s rich? That’s crazy
Florida doesn't play.
I don’t have a problem with the sentencing, but it is worth mentioning he wouldn’t get as much time if he was a woman. There was the case in which the woman got 14 years after killing 2 people. America has the most misandrist criminal justice system and it’s sickening to see the double standards day after day play out.
man stfu he got 41 years
Sentencing is also determined based on prior arrests etc and also the state. Every state is different in the sentencing laws a judge must abide by.
America has a federal government and we have SOME “laws” that are equal across every state but each state is essentially separate and can operate outside of federal rule. If that makes any sense. It was a big deal to our forefathers not to have too much control from the feds. Many states tend to try to stay along the same lines with law and how they are enforced but not every state is the same. Some are more harsh on punishment than others. Hope that helps it make sense. It’s not “because she’s female” or “because someone is black” in some of these instances there’s a lot more going on. Some states would be less harsh than others on a variety of things…but I can certainly how one can come to your conclusion if you aren’t aware of how all this works. Looking at 2 cases from 2 states side by side and then the guideline’s a judge is meant to work within…..it’s never apples to apples.
Incel loser. Plenty of cases of women getting life sentences if not 30+ years at least.
@@nameisprivate5429 Wow! You're in all sorts of denial, aren't you?
An intoxicated man in my state backed over his wife at the airport during an argument, killing her, with their kid sitting in the back seat. He got 1-20 years. He will undoubtedly be out on parole soon. Do you know what's actually sickening to see play out day after day? All of the violent men being released early on parole, and promptly re-offending. You see them on the news every single day, robbing, raping and murdering.
Meanwhile stephanie melgoza gets 14 yrs of prison
Wow, 41 years in jail for one bad decision that led to tragic and unintended consequences. Meanwhile you've got career criminals stealing/assaulting/etc on a regular basis that use jail like a weekend hotel. People do less time for pre-meditated murder. Condolences to the family of the victims but this man shouldn't be essentially terminated because of what he did here. It's bad enough he has to live with what he's done, let alone spend the rest of his life in prison. This isn't justice.
Yours is the smartest comment here 👍
He will never escape what he did. One day his choice when he could have called Uber and got home safe. His life is over. That dear woman lost her children😢
Twice the legal limit is actually not that many drinks if you have a high tolerance…. That’s the danger of alcohol, it’s deceiving and makes you think irrationally
@@Yui789esss Correct. But being drink can even be 2 drinks even if a person can so call tolerate it.. Their reaction time is still way off. Some actually believe they can work for years loaded. Uis only a matter of time when they get behind a wheel all bets are off. Function while drunk is still drunk. Think of it this way; would you let your 5 year old get on a school bus with a driver who had 1 beer or 2 beers EVERY morning? Hardly. That person is drunk. .... former med student.
This is why I can’t be a judge and/or a lawyer. He did show real remorse. Yes, he still deserves some PRISON time. But also rehab to get help. 41 years is life in prison pretty much. This judge is too stern. 😭
killed unborn twins in unharm way plus cause bad bodily accidents and DWI level serious charge carries more years additional to...
@@marlons4122 in an accident
If that was YOUR situation you would not be saying this! He killed a man and unborn kids and now the lady can no longer have kids. How is 41 years ridiculous? He made a selfish decision that ruined the lives of so many. If that was your family who were the victims you would not be saying this. Until these hefty sentences for selfish drunk drivers become the norm, people will continue to drink and drive, ultimately killing innocent people while they walk away without a damn bruise. If we give these people a year and probation, people will continue to drink and drive.
No he deserves it! You know you are driving when you take the first sip, you can always hide your car keys on yourself if you are at home. It’s honestly disgusting that you can go out, crash a car and kills someone just to get 5 years. He killed 3 people.
@@tylergagnon1613 nope. It was an accident that he caused but that sentence was insane. Judge Should be removed
He shouldn’t hate himself everyday. He is worth forgiveness.
Yes he is.
Believe me, when you unintentionally killed someone, you lost a part of you that you will never have back. The guilt, regret, pain and mental torture would be too much. It will be very hard to love or forgive yourself after that and you wish you died insted. I feel that man's pain. I
He's worth forgiveness, but his action isn't. He ruined this poor woman's life in a terrible way
$TFU
Who are you to decide that ? He took her childern and you are forgiving him on behalf of her ? Wtf
Unborn twins , yet the woman could have an abortion and it's legal.
Remorseful or not, his poor and irresponsible decision to get drunk and then drive resulted in him causing a fatal accident that took three innocent lives. 30 years would have been sufficient enough. However, the judge saw fit to sentence him to 41 years. Hopefully, the correctional facility will provide alcohol rehabilitation to him and he successfully completes it. If so, he may be able to get out earlier. May the victims rest in peace.
41 years... and Kohberger might be out of jail before that.
@@SimplyTheBestCSGO Right! Unfair judge!
He will be out in 20 ,they dont actually the full term.
Ahahahahahaha! Rehab? In an American prison? He has a better chance of getting married. I'm not even joking.
50% have drive while tired/sleep deprived which is even worse cuz once you sleep there is no control. Micro sleeps happen randomly too. Every tired person should uber then.
I feel for that woman and her family.
She got a free abortion, and a free sterilization. Why feel sorry for her?
41 years , dang .
Here in Canada if you're drinking and driving and you kill somebody. It's the easiest way to get away with murder.
I remember a lady that killed six adults and one unborn baby on canada day in Saskatchewan.
She was given ten years total time, And maybe served half of that before she was released.
And I'm not even sure if they sent her to jail. I think she was a native lady so they center to a healing lodge...... literally disgusting
🤦♂️
I feel horrible for both families 💕
It was an ACCIDENT.
Don’t drink jus smoke dat grass. U can’t feel your gas pedal when your drunk.
Not me only feel bad for the family that lost those unborn babies and her brother... this man chooses to get behind the wheel drunk, and we all know it's never a good idea...
I don’t think the pink heart emoji was necessary 🤣 makes it seem like ur being sarcastic
@@StepUpMedia039drinking and driving is no accident
Let this serve as a lesson. Never ever let your ego and irresponsibility allow you to put yourself in this sort of situation. Take an uber, sleep it off in the car, whatever, save yourself and others
Currently, you can get a DUI for sleeping in your car. Parked. Stretched out in the back seat. As long as the car is on or the keys are anywhere other than the trunk. For half of the year, it's either too hot or too cold to sleep in your car without the heat or AC on.
Drunk driving would be cut in half within a week if the law was changed.
its easier said than done. Its easy for non drinkers or people who dont go out to suggest this
@@artyomarty391 like I said, since you can get a DUI for sleeping in your parked car, there's no point in doing that. You're less likely to get pulled over driving for 10 minutes than sleeping for 8 hours
This hurts watching it. Nobody is a winner here.
Then don't WATCH
@@ricardosommelier1130 Cringe.
He still needs to be held accountable
@@PatrickStar19872🥷🏽 yo comment was cringe
@@mayya4413 Go away misandrist.
Is it double homicide if the mother didn't want the baby?
Forgiveness is the only way to move forward. I can't imagine the pain of losing twins and not being able to have children. I pray her peace
There's no "pain" associated with not being able to have children. Parenting is hard, unrewarding rubbish. Don't do it!
People just don't realise the consequences of DUI. He has destroyed lives and should be accountable.
Driving with 3 beers won't cause this. Driving with tons of alcohol will.
@@23raid if he chugged 3 beers 10 minutes before the accident, it’s possible …..but most likely closer to 8 beers
@23raid Three beers is a LOT to have before driving. One alcoholic drink for a woman, or two for a man (well most men), is the safe limit before driving.
Nah accidents can happen without been drunk
This is so sad for everyone involved and I feel so awful for the driver too, that level of guilt is unbearable to live with and the poor thing will suffer for the rest of his life. I feel compassion for him because you can tell he is not an evil person and has a kind heart. Just awful all around.
@Dannydolan88hope you’re doing okay? I forgive you
I recommend seeing a therapist if you haven’t already
@Dannydolan88pray the Rosary🙏🌹🌹🌹
I hate how drunk drivers kill innocent people and live 🥺 It's just not fair💯💯💯💯
I don’t hate you… men she’s forgiving. I would hate his guts forever.
This had me crying for all involved. Mainly because I have family members who struggle with alcoholism and I fear every day that they might have this happen to them and they might take someone else’s life or their own. And of course the victim in this situation, she wants so badly to hate him but I think because she can feel his remorse, she simply cannot. It shows her character. He took so much from her but she will not go forward in life holding on to hatred. I hope that this man is able to find peace while servicing his time. He’ll be in his 70’s when he gets out, of course if he makes it to that age, but he’ll hopefully learn a lot about himself. Rest in peace to the brother and unborn twins and the life they never got to live.
in my city i can go to a fast food place or pawn shop and hear the workers joking about how they drink and drive almost daily
My father drove drunk for yeeears and this is something I always feared. They finaly took away his licence and I'm soooo glad they did. I have absolutely no empathy for anyone driving drunk.
Perhaps work on developing more compassion if theres groups of people you feel no compassion for?
@@subswithnovideos-oz4zo Perhaps don't give unsolicited advices to the people you don't know.
@@subswithnovideos-oz4zonobody cares
I worked for a lawyer who drank and drove home couple days a week. Sometimes drank in the office, sometimes at a local bar. He'd get pretty plastered. But even by age 70 he had never had an accident or a DUI
The truth is, and many people have a hard time accepting it, is most drunk drivers are actually decent drivers... Most alcoholics would drive drunk hundreds of times before a DUI. Some drive thousands. Getting into an accident due to alcohol is actually fairly rare considering how many people are driving drunk right now, and usually happens to younger people who are not yet experienced with alcohol
The more realistic fear is not for a drunk driver to get into an accident, its to get a DUI. A new inexperienced driver, for example, is more at risk of getting into an accident than some alcoholic who drinks and drivers weekly
I don’t give a damn how remorseful he is, save them tears because you knew better than to drive while intoxicated
Hope someone shows you the same mercy and forgiveness then you did to this man
@@thefastcommenter7774. I don’t have a say one way or the other to his prison sentence. I will say it’s complete BS that people have done a lot worse and gotten far lighter sentences
Niko, if you hit and killed me in a car wreck while drunk. I wouldn’t want you to serve 41 years. Why? Because I don’t think you or most anyone deserves that much punishment.
@@Dojocartwheelfacts, some people are straight up evil
@@hendrx some people are evil. But the vast majority of people are neither good nor evil. Most people are just large, flawed children that have absolutely no idea what they are doing and never think about their decisions. And if everyone is truly just stumbling through their life, trying the best that they can, who are we to sentence someone to a lifetime of torture? People are so quick to say, this man made a bad decision. Hmm, how sure are you about that? Did the diabetic choose his diabetes? Did the addict choose her addiction? Did I choose to write you back? The older I get, the more I realize that I’m on a path that I can’t escape. Sure I can wake up a few minutes earlier, sure I can work harder…but when it comes to do or die, heat of the moment, I’m just a result of my neuorchemisty…which neither I nor anyone have domain over.
Man: Kills two unborn babies. Gets 41yrs.
Women: kills two unborn babies, gets told it’s her choice.
The hypocrisy is sickening.
There’s no comparison. You don’t even know what you’re blathering about.
@@kellyjostad4900How? I know what he's blabbering about.
actual retard
Terribly sad & I so feel for the affected family & friends. I do feel the perpetrator is genuinely very remorseful & that shows in that he pleaded no contest. His apology & contrition seemed genuine. It’s just an all round terrible outcome. Families destroyed, people lost too soon & the offender’s life forever ruined. Just don’t drink & drive. That car is a deadly weapon, one you don’t have full control over. RIP to those lost. 💕
How can you be convicted of killing unborn twins when in this country the unborn aren’t considered as being living human beings.
Indeed. It is the ongoing, epic battle between good and evil. We are in very dark times but the light and the corrective wrath IS coming, and it WILL RAIN DOWN. Keep the faith and gird your loins. Good WILL PREVAIL.
That's what I was thinking. Abortion happens all the time because women have excuses to not have the money. But if someone else does it to the woman it's a crime. Why can't it be both
In states where abortion is illegal its murder if unborn baby has been in womb for more than 4.5 months. Half way through pregnancy. If this was a state like California or New York then he wouldn't have been charged for the babies
I don't care what anyone says a baby is a human living being at conception they have a heart beat and they are growing inside the womb. He made the choice to drive while intoxicated and killed 3 innocent people for his negligence and selfishness he now has to pay for the consequences of his actions.
@@dianahaist6073 I think the point is - Should women that have abortions also be charged with murder? Because by this logic, it seems like a fair question.
Ah, man.This sucks for everyone here... What a strong and good heart for her to forgive. 🙏🏾🙏🏾 Bless both of these families.
Why does he get sentenced for unborn children but if they were to get aborted it would be legal 😅
Not saying he doesn’t deserve jail time but how does this man who’s remorseful about what he did and had no intent on hurting anyone get 41 years but yet there are cases of horrible murderers who obviously planned on killing someone that get 20-25 years
This is sad, this could be me 100 percent. Condolences to everyone involved in this case. He truly have remorse, n the family is crushed. Prayers up to you all .
It's awful to see him remorseful but this is what they need to show people to set an example as to how serious it is to drink behind the wheel. I'm sorry, I myself could not forgive if one of my family members were gone from someone's "addiction". It needs to be a reminder for everyone. This is so unsafe.
That's harsh man. Give the guy a chance to change
I know he was remorseful and genuine about it, I feel so bad and sad for everyone involved. They aren’t bad people just made a stupid decision and it was a risk he took and it ended innocents lives and hurt people forever. It’s sad how the system is though. There are actual evil people who hurt and kill other’s purposely but her a lesser sentence or release is what I’m confused by.
Such a tragedy for everyone involved, feel sorry for anyone affected, stay safe people ❤
I watched a case of a man who killed 4 teens due to drinking and driving.
He served a short sentence, when released, he went out and drank and drove again, and was pulled over for driving erratic.
When police pulled him over, he was intoxicated again.
Truly an example of a person who obviously didn't care to learn his lesson and had zero remorse for taking 4 young lives for him to go out and do it again.
Here this guy gets a heavy sentence for a terrible mistake that he actually is extremely remorseful for.
Not saying he should have gotten a slap on the hand, "Do the crime do the time".
But man, they really stuck it to him.
I think he should have gotten a lesser sentence in my opinion.
I agree
Perhaps.
How do you know he’s really remorseful and not just an act so he gets less punishment?? .
And why should how remorseful have to do with how he’s punished. He should have consequences, it was what he chose to do was drink. He could’ve chosen to call someone to take him back home or called an Uber or not drink at all if he couldn’t get back some other way.
these laws are too inconsistent. Henry Ruggs, former nfl player, killed a woman and her dog in a dui crash and only got 3 years???
I feel for both sides. It's heartbreaking all around. For those comparing his situations to others. Yeah it sucks but I'm glad judges are being harsh of these sentences. It happens too often. Im glad he is remorseful but ultimately he killed someone.And it is your responsibility to be aware of how much is too much. Unfortunately some choices we make not only change our lives but others as well. Hope this is a cautionary tale to not drink and drive.
EXACTLY! You’re the voice of reason here. So many people in the comments are saying it’s too long of a sentence but I disagree. He killed a man and unborn kids and now the lady can no longer have kids. How is 41 years ridiculous? He made a selfish decision that ruined the lives of so many. If that was your family who were the victims you would not be saying this. Until these hefty sentences for selfish drunk drivers become the norm, people will continue to drink and drive, ultimately killing innocent people while they walk away without a damn bruise
"I'm glad judges are being harsh of these sentences" You probably wouldn't say that if a woman did what this man did and you know it.
@@ariellareyes8937If I were the woman in this video and saw that man showing remorse I still wouldn’t be able to forgive him because it’s not in me, But I would let go of the hatred the anger, etc.
@@Blue-Apple-fc9eoJesus tells us to forgive one another. As hard as it is He commands us to do so. He gives us the grace.
@@FSUOSU25 I can never forgive a person who takes away someone so important to me as it’s not in me but I would try to let go of the hatred the anger of that person inside of me.
That’s a despicable sentence. Sure he deserves to be punished but rapists and murderers who INTENTIONALLY kill people in cold blood and show no remorse have gotten far less. The lowlifes that raped and murdered a girl in a park in front of on lookers were only given 26 years when they should have been sentenced to death. This guy showed remorse. It doesn’t bring the victims back but he doesn’t deserve a worse sentence than those who commit violence intentionally.
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 this hits hard for me I know how hard it is for them losing their unborn child to a drunk driver my heart goes out to them
This is sad. I pray for both families.
Whether he had intent or not he still decided to drink and drive costing lives of so many innocent beings. If you're struggling with anything you need to reach out not harm yourself and others...we all have problems but ppl like this need help in learning how to react properly.
I'm glad he's remorseful and hopefully this time he won't repeat history.
Human mind is not perfect and sometimes makes bad judgement. We are all humans and in a perfect world would do our part to help minimize consequences to actions as the universe already has some pretty harsh consequences to actions set in place.
@@subswithnovideos-oz4zo Don't give me that whole *_human mind isn't perfect_* rubbish. Knowing from right and wrong is a pretty basic common sense.
@@hashidraws We have all made bad judgement before. No one's mind is perfect. You too have made negligent mistakes that could have led to someone else dying.
The most productive mindset is to move forward and not live stuck in the past reminiscing over something that can't be changed.
41 years is excessive.
He killed one man and two unborn children. 41 years is not long enough.
How are they giving 41 years to a DUI but not Prosecuting black murderers and thieves
This is the american system
Let this be a lesson, you drive drunk you can become a murder. Personally, I take the never drink alcohol approach, life is better for everyone by not drinking.
That extra .0125 years was what really got him.
@Carl Weezer
Can you explain to me what that means?
You, your family, and the driver are in my prayers. 🙏
Bro is praying for a drunk driver who killed 2 unborn twins
@@Sal13414 Yeah, he did. But shouldn’t we forgive others just as God forgave us even though we don’t deserve it?
@@asherbrubaker6448 Try saying that to the victims' family and I assure you they would punch you in the mouth
Even as a teen, drinking and driving has always been my biggest pet peeve. There is absolutely zero excuses for it. If you have the money to go out and drink, you have the money to call a cab. If you're drinking at home, do not leave your house for anything. This is absolutely heartbreaking. Not only did she lose her unborn twins but she lost the ability to have more children.
I don't care how remorseful he claims to be, in a situation like that you take your sentence, you don't ask for leniency.
Same here! Even back when I was a teenager... I've always had Zero tolerance for drunk drivers!
Most drunk drivers don't even remember getting behind the wheel. That's the whole "disease" part of alcoholism. Not to mention alcohol lowers inhibition, increasing the likelihood they will feel more confident in their skills.
It's not so cut and dry, kids.
@@ajspiceno excuses.
No most people don't have have the money to pay $50 bucks and spend a lot more time waiting to be picked up to go and have a drink.
@@mckricks1 the point is that if you don’t have the money to get yourself home safely, you don’t have the money to be drinking at all. As in you shouldn’t go out drinking knowing you can’t afford a cab, etc.
Okay everyone says he has remorse. But he killed the miracle of twins AND took her ability to have children again. Could be worse for him
Omg this poor woman. She is so brave and good hearted for forgiving him.
This is one of his biggest gift!
Those 2 unborn babies are now with God in peace. ♥️
I hope God bless her with a child.
Unborn baby’s with god ??? Man people really have low IQs
Amen
Crazy how the people that seem to show no remorse get a fraction of that time
The sentencing of these cases are lop-sided. I just watched a woman who killed two grown adults, leaving 3 young girls orphans. She walked past the car with them in it to leave the scene and got 21 years! What?! Another woman killed three teens and got only 29 years! But this man gets 41 years for killing two unborn twins? Something's really wrong with the justice system in America. All of them are murderers but clearly women fair better and different sentencing for races as well. smh This system is straight up crazy. I feel for the victims and even some of the convicted (some are truly remorseful) but the system is broken.
Correction. 2 unborn twin girls, causing the mother to become infertile, and killing her younger brother.
But I agree, the justice system is broken and in certain states, it seems to be getting worse. Case in point, the crash that caused the death of a child, and the teens got off with a slap on the wrists.
I think he gotten off with less time than he deserved, he probably could of racked up a sentence of at least 70 years if judge wanted, he took 3 lives and injured 1, why are you so upset he's got too much time? He got a bargain, he's a warning to others what will happen when you drink and drive
@@kevinkwiatkowski7197 I said nothing about him getting too much time, my point was judgements are not balanced - he got double the time vs others who caused more deaths and by some who weren't remoseful at all.
@@rebekah1362 A drunk man backed over his wife at the SLC airport with their kid in the backseat. He killed her. He is getting no more than 20 years. Probably out on parole in 5.
@@kevinkwiatkowski7197Murderers get 21, literally only half of what this guy got. Get a grip.
Sad thing is, because he was honest and likely cooperative to take his punishment. He got a higher sentence than most. Criminal thugs who take no accountability tend to get the most leniency. Something about this needs to change.
Dui is not a criminal act is an unwilling choice this system is doomed
He plead 'no contest' which means he didn't admit guilt, which means he WASN'T honest about it.
How is it the scumbag drunks always survive these accidents? The victims and their families are the ones who end up getting the "life" sentences.