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Originally Posted by VtSteve
"...On calm water, I'd bet the little outboard would clean his clock..."
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This doesn't appear to have been a race: both victims died as a result of the Dominator's props. Both boats were correctly positioned in this photo just before the moment of impact.
It is most likely that the boat was stationary and, as
Dave R will confirm, even anchoring at night is legal in Maine waters. Maine needs a "Rule 6".
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Originally Posted by Woodsy
"...So what if he has 22 speeding tickets? We don't know the circumstances surrounding them..."
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...and...
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Originally Posted by VtSteve
"...The 22 tickets is obviously an indication of a problem. He got Caught 22 times, although we don't know the specifics. At any rate, that's quite a bit, and you'd think he'd learn at some point. It didn't help the jury, but we spectators have an advantage there.
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It's
worse than all that:
it's 22 speeding convictions. 
In actuality, what were the total number of
citations ?
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"...And four convictions for failing to stop for a police officer and two license revocations for being a habitual motor vehicle offender, according to Massachusetts state records..."
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That record is typically withheld from the jury for the trial, but is weighed later by the sentencing judge. Another article says he can be expected to be sentenced for "over 1 year" in jail.
http://www.sunjournal.com/story/2846...2_lake_deaths/
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"LaPointe, 39, was found guilty Wednesday of two counts of aggravated drunken driving in connection with the boating deaths in Harrison last year of Terry Raye Trott and Suzanne Groetzinger. A mistrial was declared on two charges of manslaughter after the jury deadlocked on those and a charge of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon...'If we get a sentence we think is the right sentence, certainly that in my view is a successful outcome,' Norbert said. Sentences for manslaughter in a drunken driving death and for aggravated drunken driving that leads to a death are often similar, and when convicted for both, are served simultaneously, she said."
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I never could understand "concurrent" jail times—sitting in jail and "getting credit" for
two (2) crimes?
