Drunk, wrong way driver kills cyclist

[Louis]

Originally Posted by BobO

That's irrelevant to the point. She is a criminal who took a life, she deserves to be punished severely.

It's 100% relevant to your statement that you "don't care about the reasons."

I agree that justice needs to be done and that she should be punished, but that's hardly the only issue one needs to address. We've tried the "jack up drug-related offense" sentences way high, and look at where that got us with the "drug problem" - jails full of offenders, and still a massive drug problem across the country.

You can't just put blinders on and lock 'em up and throw away the key - you have to understand the problem and understand the types of solutions that might help.