Greenwich families crushed by 'lenient' DUI sentences - Greenwi...

Four years in prison is not enough for the man who killed his son. Last month, Louis Borselio watched as the Riverside man responsible for his son's death in drunken driving accident last year was sentenced after a plea agreement.

[Zach]

With all due respect to Justin Brown's mother, he may not have gotten into the car with the intention of ending his life, but just like Evan made his choice to drink and drive and put everyone at risk,her son also made a choice to get into the car with him. And someone with a BAC of .13 is going to show signs of impairment.
He is a victim of Evan's choices but also his own. Evan should go to prison for drinking and driving, putting others at risk and taking his friend's life but... Justin made his own choices as well that night. We don't (and shouldn't) allow drunk drivers to make excuses for choosing to drink and drive yet we give people who choose to get into cars with a drunk driver a pass.
They don't deserve to die but many families can't face the cold hard truth. Justin died due to choices made by two people that night. Evan's to drinking and driving... and his own for choosing to get into the car with him.

[former res]

"Why does the drunk driver get the long-term sympathy...?"

I don't know what he means by that. I have to guess that this helps them to deal with their loss.

[Bill Dikant]

D.W.I. is looked at as a Non Violent Crime as stated by The Wizards in our Supreme Court. It, D.W.I. is Americas only socially acceptable crime of violence. The Drunk Driver or as I so aptly label them "HIGHWAY TERRORISTS" will use every excuse given by their Liars er, Lawyers.They made a mistake,they are Alcoholics,In the case of Women, "I was running from an abusive instance" All meant to capture the pity of any jury.Lawyers will Shop Around for Judges who are lenient in passing sentence.

We the taxpayer have to foot the bill for the use of a Public Defender, or Court Interpreter, they get drunk and we pay, more than one thinks. There are a lot of Dime Store ministers who lead programs against gun violence but nary a breath on the plague of Driving While Intoxicated.

Bill Dikant, Victim Advocate,
Castleton, N.Y. 12033

[WAl]

the only reason he got away with 4 years is because he had phil russel for a lawyer

[Matt]

Does anyone remember the Justin Ruvo case? Ruvo was driving under the influence and speeding when he struck a car with 3 girls inside including the grandfather of one of them who was driving. Two of the girls were severely injured. The one, received permanent brain damage affecting the way she acts, speaks and thinks. The other had many broken bones. Sure, thank God these girls were not killed by the irresponsibility on the part of Ruvo, but what he received may have been the most unjust lenient sentence:
Probation, and money paid in a civil suit.
The sentence should have been 3 years but Ruvo's mother stated at trial that he was speeding to get home before his curfew, which I know to be blatantly not true. I know Ruvo quite well from school. His mother is very lenient and not strict at all. Plus, he was under the influence, I doubt he was speeding home to see his mother.
As much as I want to write a letter to the editor, the time for that has come and gone, and also the fact that I know Ruvo makes me biased.
So if one of you is interested, do some research, and write a letter to the editor about the many other lenient sentences you discover.

[Aaron]

It's not the money itself corrupts; it just lets the monied not have to pay the consequences for bad actions, thus allowing the bad behavior to continue unimpeded. With drunk driving, the bad behavior threatens innocent driviers. Paul Burke, Sandra Jacobsen, and dozens of other chronic drunk drivers with money to pay good lawyers not only threaten the public themselves, they make it very difficult to seriously reduce drunk driving on a state and national level.

[Bill Dikant]

Matt wrote:

Does anyone remember the Justin Ruvo case? Ruvo was driving under the influence and speeding when he struck a car with 3 girls inside including the grandfather of one of them who was driving. Two of the girls were severely injured. The one, received permanent brain damage affecting the way she acts, speaks and thinks. The other had many broken bones. Sure, thank God these girls were not killed by the irresponsibility on the part of Ruvo, but what he received may have been the most unjust lenient sentence:
Probation, and money paid in a civil suit.
The sentence should have been 3 years but Ruvo's mother stated at trial that he was speeding to get home before his curfew, which I know to be blatantly not true. I know Ruvo quite well from school. His mother is very lenient and not strict at all. Plus, he was under the influence, I doubt he was speeding home to see his mother.
As much as I want to write a letter to the editor, the time for that has come and gone, and also the fact that I know Ruvo makes me biased.
So if one of you is interested, do some research, and write a letter to the editor about the many other lenient sentences you discover.

Matt, well stated all of us who are sick and tired of this treatment (pity)for the D.D. should write not only the Editors but those who we ELECT to govern for Us!.True Story, a Female Professor from a local institution ( Community College)was recently arrested for D.W.I.,.27 B.A.C. and placed her in line for Grand Jury Felony charge, got the thing reduced down to another D.W.I.(#4) on her first appearance in Court . She & Hubby walked hand in hand out of the Court Room, smugly to say. I saw this go down.

Bill Dikant, Victim Advocate,
Castleton, N.Y. 12033

[Bill Dikant]

"R>I>D> Remove Intoxicated Drivers needs Court Watchers. Check the web.

[Ashley]

Matt wrote:

Does anyone remember the Justin Ruvo case? Ruvo was driving under the influence and speeding when he struck a car with 3 girls inside including the grandfather of one of them who was driving. Two of the girls were severely injured. The one, received permanent brain damage affecting the way she acts, speaks and thinks. The other had many broken bones. Sure, thank God these girls were not killed by the irresponsibility on the part of Ruvo, but what he received may have been the most unjust lenient sentence:
Probation, and money paid in a civil suit.
The sentence should have been 3 years but Ruvo's mother stated at trial that he was speeding to get home before his curfew, which I know to be blatantly not true. I know Ruvo quite well from school. His mother is very lenient and not strict at all. Plus, he was under the influence, I doubt he was speeding home to see his mother.
As much as I want to write a letter to the editor, the time for that has come and gone, and also the fact that I know Ruvo makes me biased.
So if one of you is interested, do some research, and write a letter to the editor about the many other lenient sentences you discover.

Seeing as you truly didn't know him that well, nor did you know how or who his mother was I really don't think you should make judgements about this case. And there were 2 girls in the car so if you're going to be retelling the story please the correct information.