mag wrote on Sep 9, 2010, 14:41:

Verno wrote on Sep 9, 2010, 13:57:

Kajetan wrote on Sep 9, 2010, 13:35:

Wildone wrote on Sep 9, 2010, 13:29:
I hope they send those assholes responsible to prison for life

Yeah, that will return Mr. Wood back to life AND it prevents further drug induced car accidents, totally!

Well one would hope it would be an effective deterrent but unfortunately the nature of drug use includes impaired judgment. A life sentence doesn't seem appropriate but I would think something pretty close is warranted in this case. They robbed a family of their father which is a massive emotional and financial burden, something that some families never fully recover from. The punishment should be appropriately severe.

Don't have any sources handy and I'm too lazy to look, but I think there's evidence that, after a point, threat of punishment is no longer a deterrent. You get most people to stop doing a thing with a threat of something not-very-severe, and for everyone else... no additional threat does anything.