4 Weeks jail term for high profile accident
Friday, May 11th, 2007Finally the sentence for the actor 李明顺 is out.
1. 4 weeks jail,
2. $4500 fine,
3. revoke of driving license for 3 years.
And word has it that he was gonna appeal. And IMHO, he should not.
The worse thing was that juz a couple of dayz ago, another "actor" was caught for Driving under the influence of alcohol… Was caught, but he actually tried to get someone to "take" the blame.
I am juz thinking, what’s gonna happen if he was caught like 李明顺 after he’s involved in a hit and run.
IMHO, these people should be banned from driving for @ least 5 years or more or unless his / her means of putting bread on the table depends on driving.
What say you??
IMHO, the biker was lucky to escape with slight injuries… but what’s gonna happen if this man was the sole bread winner for a family of 4 or 5?
Maybe the China law (Hearsay) where the person (driver) has to "take care" of the injured person’s family after the accident, if the injured person’s income is affected.
IMHO, 李明顺 as compared to Paris Hilton got the better side of the deal.
As Paris Hilton is also trying to use her high profile status as an excuse to escape to be tried like everyone else.
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC94421820070510?feedType=RSS
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Internet was abuzz with rival petitions
on Tuesday from fans and foes of jail-bound heiress Paris Hilton
alternately asking California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to pardon her
or make sure she serves her time.
Four days after a Los Angeles judge sentenced Hilton to 45 days in
jail for violating her probation by driving on a suspended license, the
competing petitions provided a rallying point for a lively debate over
whether the celebrity socialite and reality TV star deserves her
punishment. (I dun see why shouldn’t / doesn’t she…….)
"We think 45 days in jail is a cruel punishment for the caliber of
what she did," said Kyle Vincent, an artist who launched the
FreeParis.org Web site and is trying to collect one million signatures
on a petition seeking clemency by June 5, the date the hotel heiress
was ordered to report to jail.
Vincent, 27, described himself as a longtime Hilton fan who believes
her story that she was unaware her license had been suspended when she
was caught driving 70 mph, or 45 mph over the speed limit after dark
without headlights in February. (Ya right…. Duhhhhhhh…….)
Vincent was also using his site to hawk "Free Paris" T-shirts for
$18.99 a piece, along with similarly themed buttons, bumper stickers
and coffee mugs. (Ya right…. So the real intent slowly unravels…….)
Vincent told Reuters he had collected over 500 signatures on his
petition so far and had sold about 200 pieces of merchandise, with
proceeds going to support "the petition drive, myself and the
organizers."
His is one of at least two pro-pardon petitions to surface this week on the Internet.
A no-pardon petition urges Schwarzenegger to "ignore other petitions
asking for clemency and show the people of California that no one is
above the law."
Hilton herself appeared to embrace the clemency effort with a short
note posted on what was identified as her personal page on the popular
social networking hub MySpace.com: "My friend Joshua started his
petition, please help and sihn it (sic). I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!"
Hilton’s publicist, Elliot Mintz, who she blamed in court last week
for misinforming her about her license status, said the petition drive
"appears to be legitimate." But Mintz said he could not immediately
verify whether the message attributed to Hilton on MySpace was
authentic.
Schwarzenegger’s press secretary, Aaron McLear, said the governor
had received no formal request to consider a pardon but added, "It
would be premature for the governor to become involved in any case
until the individual has exhausted their judicial remedies." (If every single appeal gets to the governor level, what’s he’s got time for??)
Hilton’s lawyers filed a notice in court last Friday of their
intention to appeal her sentence. She was on probation from a previous
traffic offense. (Duhhhhhhh…….)
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Sad…
But look @ it this way… if they get a fair trial, they have served their sentence on earth, if they were to use unjust means… they will only delay their payment… with interest.
