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A Victorian woman who pleaded guilty to high range drink driving, .282, and speeding, 126 km/h, 26 km over the limit, with a prior conviction for DUI will only serve a community corrections order and not have a conviction recorded.
The magistrate said that a conviction could "impact on her employment role as an electoral officer." She should have thought of that before she dragged herself into her car, surely jail should be the only option. I think a first offender with a clean record on a low range dui charge where no other offence has been committed should perhaps be given one chance, however this woman should be going straight to Jail. I think that the Victorian Govt be reviewing other decisions that this magistrate has made.
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The whole court system has lost the plot lately.
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This is clearly outside of community expectations.This magistrate should either be investigated or forced resignation/sacked.
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This what happens when you have connections to the union and a political party, what did you expect when left wing magistrates gives you get out free gaol cards and no convictions. Cheers. |
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The full story here: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...cd093eea437aa6
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Theres not enough jail suites to house the crack heads out there bashing people never mind lock up this woman, whilst I agree with your sentiment, the reality is i'd rather them lock up the crack heads.
Taking her licence wont stop her driving unlicensed, impounding the car wont stop her driving another one so all that's left is to just be thankful she didn't kill anyone. Last edited by BENT_8; 04-10-2019 at 06:04 PM. |
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Until next time.
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Not a violent offender - doesn't deserve jail time IMO, yes she's done something silly but at the end of the day there's no deaths or injuries.
Probably worthy of her weekends being taken for community service - make her prepare proper meals for old fogies in old fogies homes and care for people with disabilities. Save the big house for violent crimes. I'm calling pussy-pass though - if it was a bloke the sentence wouldn't have been so lenient. |
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Australia's justice system is soft on men, but it's even softer on women. "Setka accompanied Ms Walters to court, the couple arriving in his "CFMEU 1" registered car which Setka parked in a one-hour zone, later receiving a parking ticket." These people clearly don't give a **** about any laws. They can't even park legally while attending her court date where she was slapped on the wrist very softly. |
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I've noticed a lot of Victorian Court cases end up with community service orders.
Even on those Highway Patrol TV shows, people getting away with blue murder. As for previous comment.. "Not a violent offender - doesn't deserve jail time IMO, yes she's done something silly but at the end of the day there's no deaths or injuries." It was only lucky there wasn't, the potential was certainly there. The amount of time spent by the coppers detecting these offence's, preparing the paper work and putting them before Court only to walk, not even a monetary penalty, pathetic.
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I'm sure our resident oldies would have some great stories about what they got up to in their heyday that were even acceptable back then that you wouldn't even dream of doing now. |
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Slightly different tack: 0.282 blood alcohol, does that mean 28.2% of her blood is pure alcohol?
So she's 56 proof? Haha
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Quite sure we all have been guilty of doing the wrong things in our past hey days as you put it but these days it is definitely not acceptable so what is your point since we have better education of the effects of drink driving these days. |
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It's 0.282%
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You don't need arbitrary numbers and TV shows with the world's most suspenseful ad breaks to figure that one out, but it was done regardless, and now people are pointing fingers. Less high horse fingers pointing - just because something was 'socially acceptable' at the time it still doesn't make it right or just. |
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Don't know about Victoria.
But here in N.S.W. The Gaols are over crowded to Buggery.. Most (if not All) have Double & triple Bunks in cells built as Single cells,, That;'s why there's a Plethora of (In my Opinion) Very light sentences.. |
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I think some community service at the local morgue would be well suited to this kind of crime.
Facing the consequences of people who were not so lucky, and were wiped out by a drunk driver might knock some sense into them and prevent them from doing it again.
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Too true.... But 35 odd years ago when all My Mates & I were "Young Dumb & full of Cum", Long range Thinking was: What you were gunna a get up to Next Weekend.. Hindsight's a marvelous Thing............. |
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Another good idea is maybe we look at why she has problems with alcohol and intervene with help before we go clogging up the already overcrowded jail system with alcoholics
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Almost six times the limit is taking the **** in and of itself, let alone a previous conviction.
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She should be thankful that she didn't spin her wheels or she could have ended up in some real trouble.
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I think the problem is the courts, due to overcrowding, have come to a point where they no longer convict on the likelihood of a result of your actions, but on the outcome.
If she'd cleaned some poor bugger up she'd be put away for as long as they could house her but because she only got caught in the net its not worth squeezing her in when that spot could be filled with someone else. Considering her past, if fines or having a record we're of value to someone like her, this thread wouldn't be here, so her time is best spent in the community where it provides an actual gain to someone. |
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Thanks for clearing that up. I'd always wondered, thinking 1.00 was the full amount, like in some science and stats. Here's a gift for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmXGVDnPU9o "Yeah, why not?"
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[QUOTE=Sprintey;6348136]Slightly different tack: 0.282 blood alcohol, does that mean 28.2% of her blood is pure alcohol?
Ahh no.
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