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I honestly never thought I would be typing this but the sentencing has officially been reviewed and extended because they finally heard us. It feels like such a strange weight lifted off my chest even though the pain for that family will always be there and I am just so …

July 4, 2002

Drunk driver will serve 8 months for killing two

Drunk driver will serve 8 months for killing two

🏆 Won — 494 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 24 years, 4 months ago
A drunk driver who killed a Father and Daughter, leaving the surviving Mother to look after her wheelchair bound and paralysed Daughter, destroying a family of four. He will only serve 8 months in prison, less time that it took for the Police to put this case together and bring it to Court. The Law could have put this man away for TEN years on each count of death. If you agree that, in the public interest the sentencing of this man is unduly lenient, then please assist us in our aim for justice by signing this Petition. This will be sent to Rt. Hon David Blunkett MP, Home Secretary, in the hope that our Appeal will be heard.

Updates

Reached 250 supporters

May 13, 2002

May 13, 2002

I really never expected this level of traction when I started typing this up at my kitchen table while crying. It is genuinely overwhelming to see how many people realize that eight months is just an insult to the family left behind. We are putting real pressure on the Home Secretary now and I am going to keep pushing until someone actually listens to us.

Reached 100 supporters

May 10, 2002

May 7, 2002

I was looking at the total count just now and my hands are actually shaking because we are right on the edge of reaching one hundred people who see how wrong this eight month sentence really is. If everyone who already signed just sent the link to one or two people who might be as angry as I am then we could hit that goal before tonight and show the Home Secretary that we are not going to be quiet about this tragedy.

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Karen Mason
24 years ago Featured

Where is the justice for the victims? This sentencing is a slap in the face to everyone who has lost someone to a drunk driver.

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David Aguilar
24 years ago Featured

8 months? u kidding me? should be life for taking lives away like that. unreal.

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Mark Reyes
24 years ago Featured

Total disgrace. He took two lives and walks free in less than a year? Needs to be locked up for a lot longer.

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Julie Afolabi
24 years ago Featured

My heart breaks for that mother. How can the law be so unfair to them after what he did. Disgusting.

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Sarah Sharpe
24 years ago Featured

8 months is an absolute joke. That family lost everything and he gets a slap on the wrist. Justice system is broken.

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Paul Bryant
24 years ago Featured

Change the law now. This is ridiculous.