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Originally Posted by snuffy
I agree the sentence was "light", but that said you also can't overlook the fact that his friend John bears a small amount of responsibility for getting in the car with him (Barry Lawrence told police he was "speeding around" and added that Nick "always drives like that.") and then not wearing his seatbelt.
Wear those seatbelts kids.
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exactly. and i would even go so far as to say he bears more than just a small amount of responsibility. it's not like he was innocently driving another car and nick hogan crashed into him. he was probably drunk himself and got into a car driven by his 17 year-old drunken friend.
i don't think the sentence was excessively harsh. and i hate the hogan family but i don't see why he should be punished for the fact that his friend is basically a vegetable now as a result of willingly and knowingly getting into a car with a drunk driver.
the al-qaeda comment by his parents is retarded. it would have applied if their son had been driving another car but as it is, it must suck for them to have lost their son (he may not be technically dead but still) and they probably can't come to terms with the fact that he was equally responsible.