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submitted 1 month ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Darryl Anderson was drunk behind the wheel of his Audi SUV, had his accelerator pressed to the floor and was barreling toward a car ahead of him when he snapped a photo of his speedometer. The picture showed a car in the foreground, a collision warning light on his dashboard and a speed of 141 mph (227 kph).

An instant later, he slammed into the car in the photo. The driver, Shalorna Warner, was not seriously injured but her 8-month-old son and her sister were killed instantly, authorities said. Evidence showed Anderson never braked. 

Anderson, 38, was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years in prison for the May 31 crash in northern England that killed little Zackary Blades and Karlene Warner. Anderson pleaded guilty last week in Durham Crown Court to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

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[-] ours@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Americans are in a very weird bubble when it comes to punishment/correction compared to most of the developed world and they don't seem to notice it.

Insane punishments, death penalty, imprisoning drug users, imprisoning sex workers, private prisons, normalized prison violence/sex violence. It's bonkers.

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Wouldn't be a Lemmy post if it weren't for someone shitting on America or Americans even when the story has nothing to do with America.

[-] PanArab@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

Punishments in the US tend to be excessive though and people in the US somehow normalized it.

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Which has precisely zero to do with the submission.

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