Comments on: “The video that helped put a man in prison for 22 years for running a stop sign” https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/the-video-that-helped-put-a-man-in-prison-for-22-years-for-running-a-stop-sign/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:22:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Todd Rogers https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/the-video-that-helped-put-a-man-in-prison-for-22-years-for-running-a-stop-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-35936 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:22:41 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7938#comment-35936 I just don’t like it when a law professor, CNN, Fox, Drudge, etc…puts a completely B.S. spin on the headline. If a defendant was sent to prison for twenty two years for running a stop sign, whether or not a crafty video influenced it, we stop calling our courts “courts” and start calling them “star chambers.”

]]> By: Bill Alexander https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/the-video-that-helped-put-a-man-in-prison-for-22-years-for-running-a-stop-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-35930 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:59:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7938#comment-35930 I believe the problem many of us have with the article is the slant that his crime was running a stop sign, rather than having 3 DUIs and still driving drunk and trying to evade the police and in the process killing someone. Personally I would be fine with limiting the victim impact videos to no longer than the criminal sympathy testimony.

]]> By: DAV https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/the-video-that-helped-put-a-man-in-prison-for-22-years-for-running-a-stop-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-35922 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:48:31 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7938#comment-35922 Mr. Frank, does that mean that if you found yourself as a defendant in a case involving a traffic fatality you wouldn’t think a similar video aimed at you wasn’t just a tad over-the-top? Given the circumstances you’ve described why would it be necessary to show the video to a jury at all? The prosecution was afraid the facts alone wouldn’t have justified the result without it? If so, then it tacitly admits the prejudicial nature of the video and a willingness to go that far to win.

Particular circumstances aside, Althouse raises an interesting — and troubling — issue.

]]> By: Ryan Frank https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/the-video-that-helped-put-a-man-in-prison-for-22-years-for-running-a-stop-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-35837 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:54:05 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7938#comment-35837 Additional comments from Althouse’s site – apparently not only did he kill someone by running the stop sign – he was running the stop sign in an attempt to evade police and avoid getting a 4th DUI. I have to say I’m a little disgusted at Althouse for how misleading her post is.

]]> By: Todd Rogers https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/the-video-that-helped-put-a-man-in-prison-for-22-years-for-running-a-stop-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-35827 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:37:25 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7938#comment-35827 Subject matter of this post aside, the title is grossly misleading, even if the ambiguity is removed. (I know, it’s a third-party feed). Perhaps the video helped put the defendent away because he operated a vehicle in such a way that now someone is dead. Maybe the title should read, “The video that…for pressing the accelerator.”

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