Not only are there no legal consequences, but she’ll be allowed to drive again
They’re not taking away her car.
They are not revoking her drivers license.
As someone that lives in South California, this is not shocking at all. Someone could trespass onto your property, injure themselves by twisting their ankle on a step that isnt painted or something, sue you and win.
I feel sorry for the victims for having to deal with this on top of the loss of a family member. Justice just is not achievable, especially not against a rich person.
Also, this is not really the kind of post for YSK.
This YSK is not a YSK, and it’s also counter-factual.
There are other communities for you to post things that you’re outraged about.
YSK that this YSK community has drastically lowered its standards for a YSK partly due to recent events that it I speak about I’ll probably be labeled a something and get reported and banned.
Does a shocking and infuriating result of a court case really qualify as a “You Should Know”?
On top of the outrageous hyperbole going on here. Just because someone got away with something heinous doesn’t mean the laws have changed.
It’s Lemmy, you kinda have to get used to it.
I don’t have to. I can continue to down vote, report, and bitch in the comments
Slammed!
For edge cases where there is no specific law for exactly that situation, precedent is usually what matters. So if you recreate a similar scenario you will very likely get the same outcome in court.
While technically true, you have to be kidding me if you think there aren’t relevant laws for a situation like this.
Well, youre probably right. Normally Id say if there were applicable laws she wouldve gotten some punishment, but I was thinking of countries where the law is independent from your bank account.
YSK that apparently you can post whatever the fuck you want to this community
God I fucking hope this community doesn’t turn into yet another generic US news site just because you can say “you should know about this news article”
Chan said his duty was to balance the deaths with the other factors of the case, including Lau’s age, her lack of criminal history and her remorse, as well as the fact that her own husband had died in a car accident early on in their marriage.
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Survivors of the slain family accused Lau of transferring her ownership interest in several properties to new limited liability companies and selling properties to third-parties, including her son-in-law, transferring millions of dollars to avoid potential financial penalties from the civil suit.
On Friday, realizing that Chan was considering a sentence that did not include prison time for Lau, the siblings of the two deceased parents pleaded for Lau to be ordered to home detention and “meaningful” community service. They also asked the judge to consider revoking her driver’s license.
What the fuck?
She’s 80, rich, and stated in public that she feels bad. This is, apparently, how you get away with manslaughter.
Yeah, everyone seems to be forgetting the secret to getting out of jail in the US - be rich.
Yup. I tried the I’m sorry thing. The judge said he was sorry I wasn’t rich.
The whole “I feel really guilty about breaking the law” has been a legal trick for at least 25 years.
Survivors of the slain family accused Lau of transferring her ownership interest in several properties to new limited liability companies and selling properties to third-parties, including her son-in-law, transferring millions of dollars to avoid potential financial penalties from the civil suit.
I was going along with her not going to prison, but this changed my mind. She’s not too broken up if she can still be motivated to hide her assets from her victims. And they aren’t even taking away her license or vehicle.
Lock her up. Let her die in prison.
Why go through the trouble and expense. Wouldn’t it be better to just run her over with a car and go back to your old life.
Actually, if you’re planning to murder someone with a car it’s probably better not to exceed the speed limit while you do it.
Also get a hitman in their 80s
New retirement option unlocked
The older you get the less “life in prison” is a deterrent.
I mean, I’m not a big fan of the carsal justice system, I don’t think sending this 80 year old woman to die in prison will somehow bring back the dead, but not taking away her license is kinda unreal
A no contest rather than guilty pleas and moving assets feel like they may be things she was advised to do by her lawyer but do feel additionally gross.
The culmination of it all definitely does not feel like justice. Though people in the comments here calling for her to die in prison probably ought to do some self reflection on how much they’ve bought into the notion that harming those who have done wrong somehow makes society or victims better off. Our criminal justice system sucks ass, institutional retribution has never been “justice” either.
What a fucking depressing story and miscarriage of justice.
And this is why some states have elected judges as well. We’ve gotten rid of judges like this in AZ before over less significant cases. Not sure about California… But if not they should probably look into that.
