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There Should Be A Death Penalty for Drunk Driving

People who drive drunk and hurt someone in the process, should get the biggest penalty possible. I could not have been more angry while writing this.

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There Should Be A Death Penalty for Drunk Driving

I can't correctly put into words how angry I am at people who think that driving while intoxicated only effects themselves. I was sitting in my room talking to my roommate and she was telling me about something happening in her town. A man was driving while drunk and killed the other people in his own vehicle and is now gaining the support of the community. Seriously?

NO.

If you are going to get behind the wheel and put not only yourself but other people's lives at risk, honestly you should just go to hell. I have absolutely no respect for people who don't think about anyone but themselves.

Do you understand what decision you are making?

You are making the decision to take the life of someone's wife, husband, daughter, son, sister, brother, niece, nephew, or even friend. Who are you to decide the end of someone else's life?

This one decision will change someone else's entire life forever. I think it's ironic because, in drunk driving accidents, it always happens to be that the drunk driver always survives, when they're the one who should have died in the first place. I cannot even comprehend what goes through the mind of the idiot who gets behind the wheel.

It absolutely baffles me how these idiotic bottom feeders get the chance to live, and then get the love and support of others in light of a tragic accident resulting from their own decision to drink and drive.

Why would you support someone who has to pay the price for their action?

It could (should) be jail time or even a ticket. But why. WHY does this person get support from the community for their heinous action?

OK, I get it. You were in an awful car accident, multiple people died, you mentally can't handle it. HELLO! It was your decision and you deserve whatever pain and suffering comes from that outcome. Honestly, I personally think that if you are going to get behind the wheel drunk and kill an innocent human being, you should immediately get the death penalty, no trial needed.


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