re: ZERO Sympathy for Henry Ruggs - VIDEO Proves He Regularly Drove At Excessive Speeds.

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There is another video of Ruggs driving well over 100 mph while a girl was screaming to stop and let her out

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His girlfriend was actually laughing in that video while he was driving like that

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which leads me to believe he should or could be charged with 2nd degree murder.

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well, you'd be wrong about the could part. He was trying to be reckless, he wasn't intending on killing someone. 2nd degree murder requires intent. And that's a good thing because DUI resulting in death does not require the state to prove intent. It's a strict liability offense. All the state needs to convict is prove he was drunk, prove he was driving drunk, and prove he caused a death while driving drunk. If they had to prove intent, he could walk. Is that a better outcome for you?