re: My brother in law was killed today in a car wreck

Too many people driving around these days with one thumb in their mouth and the other up their butt. I was driving behind a lady a while back who crossed the center line and ran completely off the road several times. Initially I thought she was drunk until I got close enough (when she made a turn) to see that she was busy yacking on her cell phone. I kept my distance.

Vehicular manslaughter if she was speeding and ran the light it is a class 1(1st degree) likely that can result in a sentence of 3 to 15 yrs depending on severity and states statutes, her record etc

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Can anyone with some law background please tell me what this woman will face once she is out of the hospital with her "slight injuries"?

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Others have already answered but I will re-iterate due to personal experience.

I had a case exactly like this back in April when I was on Jury duty and was put on the grand jury. Depending on what the prosecutor decides to charge her with (IMO, he should go for the worst charge that he can) she will be spending the next 20-40 years of her life in a concrete box; she should however, never see freedom again.

My thoughts are with you and the wife/children he left behind.