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Berkeley student involved in Halberstam crash sentenced

Quote:SAN FRANCISCO -- A 27-year-old [regionally accredited] UC Berkeley journalism student who was behind the wheel in the car crash that killed Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Halberstam was sentenced to five days in jail Thursday.

...A first-year student at the university's graduate School of Journalism, Jones ran a red light on April 23 while driving Halberstam to an interview with former New York Giants quarterback legend Y.A. Tittle. Jones made a left turn at a busy intersection in Menlo Park, south of San Francisco, and Halberstam's side of the car was struck by an oncoming car. The writer, who lived in New York, died instantly from a punctured heart.

Jones, who pleaded no contest last fall to a charge of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, read a brief statement at the hearing, expressing his remorse and saying he would spend his life upholding Halberstam's ideals.

what a joke...
if I had crapped on the sidewalk, they would give me months in jail...

It's called ageism. The guy he killed was at the end of his rope anyway. Probably saved him from many years of senility, alzheimers, and crapping his pants at the old folks home.

If it were a five year old girl that died it would be another story.

RespectableGent Wrote:It's called ageism. The guy he killed was at the end of his rope anyway. Probably saved him from many years of senility, alzheimers, and crapping his pants at the old folks home.

If it were a five year old girl that died it would be another story.

That he was from Cal Berkley did not hurt his case either. Thats a pretty exclusive school. I would say that the driver might also be from a priviliged background and got some high powered lawyer on his case.