Piece of shit drives drunk and kills man, laughs about it

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Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Jan-26-2008 16:08:

Piece of shit drives drunk and kills man, laughs about it

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TUCSON, Arizona (AP) -- A judge sentenced a woman to nearly the maximum prison term for negligent homicide after hearing a recorded jail conversation in which she made light of the bicyclist she killed.

Melissa Arrington, 27, was convicted two months ago of negligent homicide and two counts of aggravated DUI in connection with the December 2006 death of Paul L'Ecuyer.

She could have gotten as few as four years behind bars, but Superior Court Judge Michael Cruikshank sentenced her Tuesday to 10� years -- one year shy of the maximum.

Cruikshank said he found a telephone conversation between Arrington and an unknown male friend, a week after L'Ecuyer was killed, to be "breathtaking in its inhumanity."

During the conversation, the man told Arrington that an acquaintance believed she should get a medal and a parade because she had "taken out" a "tree hugger, a bicyclist, a Frenchman and a gay guy all in one shot."

Arrington laughed. When the man said he knew it was a terrible thing to say, she responded, "No, it's not."

Assistant Public Defender Michael Rosenbluth told the judge his client has never been "cold, callous or flippant" about L'Ecuyer's death and has always felt remorseful.

Arrington said words couldn't express how she feels, and that once she's out of prison, she hopes to share her story with Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

L'Ecuyer, 45, was riding his bike the night of December 1, 2006 when Arrington swerved off the road, hit him and then continued for 800 feet before stopping, according to Deputy Pima County Attorney Jonathan Mosher.

Arrington's blood-alcohol content was .156 percent, nearly double Arizona's .08 legal limit. She had been driving on a suspended license for a prior DUI.

Story from CNN.

I hope her fellow inmates have even less compassion for her than she had for the man she killed.

Posted by shaw on Jan-26-2008 16:09:

definitely not biased.

Posted by Arbiter on Jan-26-2008 16:42:

Well, a parade might be a bit much.

Posted by Ted Promo on Jan-26-2008 16:50:

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Originally posted by Arbiter
Well, a parade might be a bit much.

not if she got to operate one of the floats while under the influence.

Posted by Project-K on Jan-26-2008 17:01:

If there was any sense to the justice system she should've gotten prison for life just for the DUI.

Posted by verndogs on Jan-26-2008 18:14:

As much as I can't stand people on bikes in general...

She got what she deserved. In fact, she should have gotten the max allowed by law. Those kind of comments are just awful, especially when you actually did kill a biker and you were driving drunk.

Posted by UWM on Jan-26-2008 18:28:

Why did she stop in the first place?