r/BeAmazed • u/girlysunshinehihi • Feb 27 '25

Miscellaneous / Others 96 year old speeder and judge

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u/Tripoloski040 Feb 27 '25

I understand the compassion here. Not sure of this was some minor speeding or whatever.

But objectively this is not defendable at all. Theres rules and consequences and apparently there have been facts and prove of violation of traffic rules. By throwing that out of the window because this seems to be a good guy based on a brief hearing is not what is expected from any judge.

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u/TomDestry Feb 27 '25

Nope.

The whole point of having judges and juries is to weigh the individual case and circumstances against the law and make a determination that considers both.

In this case he heard evidence from the defendant, that the charge was wrong, that he wasn't driving fast and he weighed both sides.

Following your argument we could replace the judge with a flow chart.

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u/supfellowredditors Feb 27 '25

Agreed. Its the spirit of the law vs the letter of the law

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u/Breatnach Feb 27 '25

A better example would be if this violation was during school holidays, where the odds of injuring someone in school district is diminished.

The spirit of the law doesn’t care why you are driving too fast, but when and where you are driving too fast.

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u/MustardMan1900 Feb 27 '25

The spirit of the law is to let people endanger kids by letting them speed in school zones?!