Life Imprisonment for street racers convicted of Cause Death

[Benboy]

SA GOVT. TO LEGISLATE LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR 'STREET RACING'.

Life for street racing STREET racers face possible life imprisonment following a state government decision to make drag racing a criminal rather than Road Traffic offence.
Hoons caught street racing face a maximum of three years in prison and a one-year loss of licence.

Road Safety Minister Jack Snelling said the changes mean a subsequent street racing offence would attract a maximum penalty of five years jail and a minimum loss of licence for three years. An offender causing death or serious harm street racing would now face a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdis...nUH73POQ%3d%3d

[old mate]

thats a bit serious.

[STEALTHY™]

Note to all street racers, take up drink driving, its less punishment (not even a jail sentence)

[Grennan]

This is hilarious.

If you run someone over in your car just get out and stab them a few times and you are home free.

[old mate]

yeah its so dumb. but the GP will love this and say MORE MORE, every k over is a killer etc etc.

[nathanVY]

Ahhh I used to like SA..

[STEALTHY™]

Ahhh I used to like SA..

Whats wrong with you?

[GenReaper]

so where is our track ?

[old mate]

no track, promotes street racing apparently.

[soop]

This is spastic.
You can shoot someone dead and get not get cruisified the same..

[Grennan]

Kill someone and get charged with manslaughter (which is what essentially hitting someone and killing someone in a car is) and you'd be unlucky to see the inside of prison for more than 5 years if you're on your best behavior.

Its just going to be stupid when they get some poor bloke with a nice Monaro or something seen as a hoon car, hes doing 100 in an 80 zone and he hits someone. They claim he was hooning and all of a sudden hes potentially facing life in jail for what is usually around 5-7 years if you got into a drunken brawl with him and stabbed him.

[immortality]

this should apply to drunk drivers

[Darcon666]

"The LAW" has spoken... No one said that it has to make any sense.

[Grennan]

It should apply to anyone who kills a person. Full stop end of story. I dont see the difference between the situation in Melbourne at the moment where everyone and his dog are carrying knives around the city (or so we are lead to believe). I dont see why one of these dropkicks dont deserve life in prison whereas some guy who used a car instead of a knife/gun/broken beer bottle.

[STEEV888]

death should be rewarded with death. preferably with the same if not more amount of pain inflicted.

that is all

[RazzaCaine]

death should be rewarded with death. preferably with the same if not more amount of pain inflicted.

that is all

as extreme as your view is, i sort of agree with you there... although it would ethically wrong, mega controversial and have many other issues as well haha

[doms1]

death should be rewarded with death. preferably with the same if not more amount of pain inflicted.

that is all

Agree there,EYE FOR AN EYE.If anyone ever harmed one of my kids or any of my loved ones in this way I wouldn''t hesitate to HURT THEM THE SAME WAY

[ssv 08 ute]

ABSOLUTLY...naturally it would be looked at case by case tho.
Western law is a joke....
Ive always believed that the death sentence should be concidered for extreme violence and those who have little respect for human life.

[RazzaCaine]

amen to that! the laws here in the western world are ridiculous. if a couple of scumbags break into your house and threaten your family, they have more rights than you do. if you stabbed on of them to defend your family you would go to prison for attempted murder whilst the burglars get a slap on the wrist. its messed up

[Chilly]

Whats wrong with you?

Agreed, this place sucks lol

[STEEV888]

amen to that! the laws here in the western world are ridiculous. if a couple of scumbags break into your house and threaten your family, they have more rights than you do. if you stabbed on of them to defend your family you would go to prison for attempted murder whilst the burglars get a slap on the wrist. its messed up

not true not true at all.
a person can legally kill another person when they are being threatened with death.
if a person comes into your house you have the right to ask for id if they refuse you ask them to leave(inclosed lands act 1901).. if they refuse you can touch them if they resist you can fight then (weapon less conduct) if they grab say a knife or baseball bat or something and threaten you, you can kill them without any repercussions besides guilt.
section 418 crimes act 1900
and thus is the force continuum

the law is weird and wonderful dont listen to the media they know shit all.

[RazzaCaine]

not true not true at all.
a person can legally kill another person when they are being threatened with death.
if a person comes into your house you have the right to ask for id if they refuse you ask them to leave(inclosed lands act 1901).. if they refuse you can touch them if they resist you can fight then (weapon less conduct) if they grab say a knife or baseball bat or something and threaten you, you can kill them without any repercussions besides guilt.
section 418 crimes act 1900
and thus is the force continuum

the law is weird and wonderful dont listen to the media they know shit all.

hmmmm a friend of mine is a lawyer and we were discussing this a while ago, and he said when it comes to defending your property (family included) you are within your rights to take reasonable force of action, i.e. you could knock them out cold and tie them up until the police arrive but not kill them. i suppose if its a kill or be killed sort of situation no jury is really going to convict you because anybody in the same situation would do the same thing

[Grennan]

Yeah its reasonable force.

For example if a male adult has broken into your home and is threatening you with a baseball bat. If you are a adult male it would be unreasonable to pull a gun on them and you would be charged. However you can use a similar force, ie cricket bat, perhaps even a knife.

But it also comes down to perceived threat. If you can convince the court that you were in belief you were going to die you would probably get away with it.

[50LTRv8]

Yeah its reasonable force.

But it also comes down to perceived threat. If you can convince the court that you were in belief you were going to die you would probably get away with it.

This is the bit that gets me though, say someone comes into your house to attack you, you pull a gun and he says time out you can't pull a gun I only have a baseball bat, You say sorry mate that isn't a fair fight, he says no worries, just grab something else I will wait here, you go out to the shed get the bat, come back to him and say game on? As if.

My way of thinking is you would do anything to defend the threat on instinct, I am not going to sit there and assess a threat level when I know my family is next, I am gunna just try and take that person down.

[GenReaper]

Man is this thread going off topic or what.

Maybe we should just shoot hoons yeah ?