Walking in Waterloo Region

[jeffster]

Leaving the scene proves malice, in my book. I agree the Crown should do their best to set an example. Of course the judge has to co-operate; way too many driving sentences are ridiculously light.

I think once you leave the scene, it becomes much more difficult to show that you are NOT guilty. Exceptional circumstances can exist, but the baseline will be as ijmorlan said.

My issue is this: I see how money works for so many people. It's the money to afford a great lawyer and to drag things out as long as they can. People with silver spoons, where buying something for $50,000 is no different than a regular dude buying an iPhone -- yeah, you think about it, and you notice the financial hit, but you can afford it.

If this family has a lot of money, and I have seen this done, they can sink $100's of thousands fighting the case. It gets to the point where the Crown simply can't afford to continue the fight -- so they hand a "slap on the wrist" judgement.

This is why you have dudes in jail for trespassing and ruining some dudes garden for 60 days, and you have drunk drivers that kill people handed a 12-month conditional discharge and 12 months house arrest along with a 2 year driving ban. Like...wow.

Go to the courthouses sometime guys, and see the bullshit in real life. You get one judge that lets everyone off even if they beat the crap out of someone and other judges that throw the book at some punk for stealing a freaking lollipop.