> If everybody was guaranteed to get 60 days of community service every time they did something that could have killed a pedestrian then the behaviour would drop right off.
This would be fantastic
> Studies show that the length of sentence has little impact on criminal behaviour.
Does that study apply to this situation? Vehicular manslaughter is not premeditated. There are cases of drunk speeding drivers getting 10 days for killing someone: https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170126/old-town/ryne-san-h... Drivers would be more careful if they knew of cases where a driver got 15 years in prison for their negligence.
Vehicular manslaughter is not premeditated. Drunk driving and careless driving are intentional acts though, and are the acts that need to be enforced better.
This would be fantastic
> Studies show that the length of sentence has little impact on criminal behaviour.
Does that study apply to this situation? Vehicular manslaughter is not premeditated. There are cases of drunk speeding drivers getting 10 days for killing someone: https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170126/old-town/ryne-san-h... Drivers would be more careful if they knew of cases where a driver got 15 years in prison for their negligence.