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Originally Posted by jrc
"Kennedy plead guilty to DUI, that is a conviction. It was a plea bargain and they dropped the lesser offences. That's been happening for a hundred years. It may happen to our wayward boater as well."
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'Happening for 50 years,
maybe.
Given his future in politics, and newsprint regarding DUI in general, I'd guess that he hastily (and tactically) announced such legal-weaselings on the same day that two huge news-stories occupied the day's headlines.
My gripe is that it can take 1000 days to reach such BWI determinations in serious cases: If found not-guilty by a jury of his peers, does the Coast Guard go back to "statistically-indemnify" each BWI boater after three years? Could New Hampshire's 2 BWIs be reduced to 1 BWI now?
I suspect that last year's statement by NHMP's Lt. Dunleavy about the high incidence of drunk-boating is onnnn-
target. (Was it
50%?
) Only 5 to 10 percent of boating accidents are reported anyway—according to the Coast Guard.
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Originally Posted by jrc
"...I doubt our forensics scientists will find enough data to accurately pin down the velocity. I'm sure they'll guess something like 20-40 mph. The boat went through a shallow rocky area, up the rocky embankment, skidded through the
shoreline bushes and finally bounced off a few small trees. It won't be like measuring skid marks at a car accident. Plus no one was hurt, how much time and money wil the state spend to gather evidence.
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None—though BWI is a very serious life-style choice.
But I wouldn't sell out our forensic capabilities quite yet: I see Mee'n'Mac has volunteered to repeatedly crash-test the same boat to narrow the variables and to determine—as humanly possible—the speed at which the boat would need to maintain to nearly reach the island's lone residence.
Through careful analyses, I believe Mee'n'Mac will reach a scientifically-reached determination of 28-MPH.
But I also expect there may be some disappointing variables leading up to his anticipated
State-sponsored alcoholic "bash":
1) The teen tests .05 BAC
2) The teen says he handed the helm over to the juvenile boater as he felt unsure of his surroundings. (Given the juvenile boater is far less apt to receive punishment by the State, and neither
passenger tested for BAC).
3) Two hands were on the helm at the time—but different people.
4) The teen "...was sober while piloting, but got drunk
after he saw the damage to the boat".
They don't call it "The courtroom defense-team's
theory" fer nothin'.
