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.

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.