This is reality; Fast and Furious is just a movie. In real life cars crash and people die.

All cars and all roads are engineered for speeds less than triple digits. That's just a fact of life. Exceed those speeds and people die.

Wanna race? Boot up your XBox or PS3 or Wii and do it there. The real world is too unforgiving of such things.

Although they may deserve punishment I hope grace is extended too.

My opinions are sometimes pretty old fashioned and today seem Neanderthal to most. But in my opinion only the driver of the car that crashed is guilty.
The other guy did not force him to race.
I believe that's how it was looked at in the 50's through 70's. And most of us oldt-imers drag raced on a regular basis and for the grace of God here goes I.

Mropinion I am with you. And if someone is found guilty, a life term for this is wrong. Maybe a few years at the most. I know some of you will scream and jump up and down that someone lost their life, but life in prison should be saved for intentional murder. This should only have been charged as manslaughter. Ok go ahead and blast me now but I am sticking to what I said.

This is only the preliminary hearing?... this happened a long time. This should be going to trial now, it's taking way too long to get justice done.

Mropinion:

The (somewhat) less serious culpability of Mr. Vensko is, in fact, reflected by his much lower bail amount, so he will indeed probably receive less punishment.

whataplace:

This was absolutely an intentional act. The standard is that of a reasonable person and any reasonable person would know that drag racing on a canyon road would likely result in a fatality. Still, the threat of life in prison is probably hyperbolic (unless their is a prior incident) and a custodial sentence of perhaps 10 to 15 years seems the most likely outcome.

timothymeyers02 I understand that you and many others want to categorize this as an intentional act. I do not agree. If this goes to trial I hope others on the jury feel the way I do. I believe in jury nullification.

whataplace
Colt Doherty 'accidentally' got into a street race with Thimas Vensko? And he accidentally was speeding? And accidentally driving recklessly with no regard for others? He was accidentally drunk driving?

I certainly hope you are not on the jury.

You weren't by chance on the Casey Anthony jury were you? Or on O.J. Simpsons murder jury?

That is why a jury has 12 people and not just 1. I get to have my opinion whether you agree or not and every vote on the jury counts, even the ones you don't like.

Just like the Casey Anthony jury and the OJ jury.

Dmeyer: Sorry, for the second time I am not taking the bait.
Have a nice weekend.

There was no bait to take, it's quite clear to everyone what your opinion is.
You have a nice weekend as well.

and the drunk that killed the lady on Old Orchard around the same time as this story broke.......gets a slap on the wrist. Justice anyone?!?!

sreilly

As long as people like whataplace are on juries there won't be. I'm waiting to see what happens with the Jodi Arias trial, I might throw in the towel if they let her walk.

So let me get this straight, you think that Vensko should get little punishment. It is illegal to street race and if you want to get on the moral side he also fled the scene and did not call the police while one person was dead and one was critical. Venskos attorney asked for a lower bail and Doherty 's did not.