Bus driver's sentence upheld in 2008 crash

The prosecutor asked jurors to consider how they would feel if their relatives were victims in such an accident, or how the jurors would feel if they got on an airplane and were told by the pilot that he had only slept three hours and was hecka tired. Because there were no defense objections to thes...

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Published inMcClatchy - Tribune Business News
Main Author Young, Rob
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 10.06.2011
Subjects
Bus drivers
Criminal sentences
State court decisions
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Summary:The prosecutor asked jurors to consider how they would feel if their relatives were victims in such an accident, or how the jurors would feel if they got on an airplane and were told by the pilot that he had only slept three hours and was hecka tired. Because there were no defense objections to these arguments, however, the issue of prosecutorial misconduct was forfeited, the justice wrote.