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I'm kind on the fence with this deal. A man lost his life on his scooter because Bily was partying too heavy. 9 years in the pen is a long time tho.... hopefully he will learn a valuable lesson and do right with his life, both now and when he gets out. Billy's deal later, Tom.
But, what do I know?
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9 years is a long time but when your dead your dead forever.The dead mans family will miss him longer than Billy Lanes family will miss him.
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Don't like drunk drivers I say lock them all up. Never mind waiting for them to kill someone . 
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There's no chance he spends 9 years on prison. It mentions that he is "facing up to nine years in prison" and his attorney says:
Eisenmenger will seek a sentence that calls for no time in prison.
I betting he does end up with no prison time or on the off chance that happens, it is less than 12 months.
I guess Florida will be telling his how much a man's life is worth shortly.
Mitagating factors my a$$.
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Hopefully there will be a civil suit...
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According to the article, the civil suit has already been settled.
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It's the second time! lock the punk up and through away the key. He can build motorcycles in prison. Prison Lane Moto Inc.
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He's a stinking piece of dogcrap who never took
responsibilty for his actions, or showed one bit
of remorse for what he did. Heck, the deputies
had to hold him down so they could draw blood.
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The article makes me sick. He should serve all the time, no shortcuts. And the idiots who dont care or think that building a bike dedicated to the victim, they need major reality checks ( to say the least ).
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This is BS. He should spend the next 25 years or more in maximum security. But he won't. I doubt if he will spend more than a year in the slammer.
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"But under the terms of the plea deal, Eisenmenger said prosecutors will drop the DUI manslaughter charge. Instead, they will seek a nine-year prison term for the vehicular homicide charge" So what's that with parole and good behaviour, 5 years? He crossed a double line DUI and his lawyer says "We believe there are mitigating factors in this case. . . . And we're going to be presenting those to the court at sentencing," What mitigation could there be??? He's Billy Lane? pffft, Billy your 15 minutes is up. 
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A little off topic - - Apparently, if one has celebrity status, (aka American Royalty) little things like a 3rd DWI arrest mean very little when it comes to crime & punishment http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090520/ap_en_ce/us_people_rip_tornTorn's CT DWI arrest will be removed from his driving record in one year after he completes a driver safety course. Due to some loopholes in CT law, his first two DWIs don't count. More bad news - we live 8 miles from the guy. 
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9 Years ...utter rubbish. I am sorry I fall into the camp of if it was one of mine then life would be the least I would expect. We all make mistakes in our life but nobody in the world cannot say they are not aware that drink driving eventually leads to a serious accident. I dont know a single person who has not been impacted either directly or indirectly by drink drivers. We all have friends or relations who have been ran into, knocked down or had vehicles damaged by somebody under the influence. A world wide ZERO tolerance approach is needed that way nobody can say "I didnt know". Using a slightly different approach he is a biker he should know how fragile we are, how easy it is to be hurt on a bike. He should have been more aware. If you dont agree tough, I dont care, if I see any body drink driving I would immediately report them to the police I have no interest or care about any body who has no care or interest in other road users. My reasoning is real simple next time it be one of yours or mine lying on the road. 
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He's a piece of crap and I hope he spends as much time in jail as possible. Maybe some guy named Bubba will make him his play thing.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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So a 61YO grandfather is driving home from his first sleep test. Getting the full diagnosis and getting treatment for his newly diagnosed sleep apnea will probably take a week or so. He falls asleep at the wheel, drifts across the centerline much like Mr. Lane, and kills a woman in a head-on accident. He survives and gets TWENTY YEARS. Further, he is denied treatment for his apnea in prison so 20 years likely becomes a DEATH SENTENCE, because those with untreated apnea often die of congestive heart failure in short order.
So this alcohol addict douchebag Billy Lane MIGHT get 9 years. That's just the potential maximum. Add to this the irony of a man who at the time had a fortune made building motorcycles, killing a motorcyclist.
What's the difference? The man with apnea is a nobody, while Lane is at best a B- or C- list celebrity. Where's the justice?
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9 years is about 2 more than he would have gotten had he gotten PO'ed at someone while drunk and shot them. Fair enough IF he actually serves the time locked up.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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This says it all about the Justice system... Quote:
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Mitagating factors my a$$.
Why Al, can't you see here that those "mitagating factors" might all be at the center of "poor little Billy's" plight here???
I mean geeee, MAYBE at "only" 39 years of age, "poor little Billy" isn't old enough to have figured out that climbing behind the wheel of a car while you're drunk-as-a-skunk "isn't necessarilly a real bright move"!!!
OR, possibly because during his formative years he might've observed his daddy coming home from work and poppin' open a brew or FIVE in order to relax after toiling at his job, and while observing this "poor little Billy" might've gotten the idea that THAT'S what "real men do", an idea which later on might've been reinforced by all his drinkin' buddies during his teenaged years and young adulthood!!! I mean, does a "real man" hand over his keys to a WOMAN who asked for them just because she noticed the condition he was in that fateful night and let HER drive them home??? Nahhhhh....NOT a "REAL MAN"!!!
(yeah..."THAT'S IT", alright...it can't be ALL "poor little Billy"'s fault here, ya see......riiiiiiiiiiight!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I really have no right to comment since I drove drunk countless times during my misspent youth. I'm fortunate that I was never involved in an accident. I suppose it would even be some kind of ironic poetic justice if some drunk took me out.
I can say now that I am 19 years sober that it makes me happy each time I see somebody successfully put the bottle behind them.
I hope that this tragedy will serve as an example to the next parson who might make the wrong decision but I doubt it.
I refuse to spend a moment considering Billy Lane's fate that would cut into any thoughts I have for his poor inocent victim and his family.
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Wait up there! Does that say he was caught riding a soozooky? String 'em up! 
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Why would anyone want to commute on a chopper?
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Don't like drunk drivers I say lock them all up. Never mind waiting for them to kill someone .
I'm with you. He and other drunk drivers make a terrible decision they should be punnished for, regardless of the outcome.
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You all know my story, and I'm no celebrity. Today is my 1 year anniversary come to think of it for when I got my 2nd DWI. (Weird). What I did was wrong, and I deserve worse than what I got. I'm still struggling to keep my job, and if that goes so does everything else. All for what. One night too stupid to call a cab. Cab ride from that place to my house is $5.
Threw my life away.
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Why would anyone want to commute on a chopper?
I did that for years in all kinds of weather. Of course, it was all the transportation I had then. 
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Under the circumstances, I have no sympathy for Billy Lane. Let's see how he conducts himself in the next few years.
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Interesting, according to the article the victims family didn't want Lane to serve time.
I lot of indignation here concerning "drunk" drivers. No doubt Lane was drunk, he blew over twice the limit. But, just remember next time you stop along the road for lunch and a beer, you better wait an hour after finishing the beer before continuing your ride, otherwise you'll blow the limit. Just sayin.
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Well that's 8 years, 336 days longer than Dante Stallworth got.
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I really have no right to comment since I drove drunk countless times during my misspent youth. I'm fortunate that I was never involved in an accident. I suppose it would even be some kind of ironic poetic justice if some drunk took me out.
I can say now that I am 19 years sober that it makes me happy each time I see somebody successfully put the bottle behind them.
I hope that this tragedy will serve as an example to the next parson who might make the wrong decision but I doubt it.
I refuse to spend a moment considering Billy Lane's fate that would cut into any thoughts I have for his poor inocent victim and his family.
Hear, hear. Me, too. A DUI arrest cost me for years, both in legal fees and insurance premiums and I do mean years; I was just fortunate that I worked in an industry that allows mistakes if you show contrition, even luckier I didn't hurt anyone including myself. Still the last 14 sober years have given me a wider perspective and always the desire to offer a second chance to those who put the bottle behind them and do the right thing.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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The Mitagating factor, is that he was impaired from drinking and couldn't control his vehicle. The second time!
The quote that comes to mind is from the move "Unforgivin",
"When you kill a man, you take everything he's got and everything he's ever gona have" Clint Eastwood.
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Yes, the American justice system is strange. We've all seen everything from Life to no time for manslaughter.
While I personally think 6 years is very light in this case, I do think it's cultural and things change slowly. It wasn't that long ago that many states had open container laws. I don't mean the open container laws of today, I mean the ones that ALLOWED drinking 3.2 beer while driving down the highway.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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I lot of indignation here concerning "drunk" drivers.
Damnstraight. A lot of us don't drink until after the riding (or driving) is done for the day. My indignation-o-meter is friggin pegged. 
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Friarjohn, I agree your practise is the opimal. I am just reminding riders that a beer can cause one to blow over the limit even if your not impaired. Just a heads up.
I've been known to leave my bike parked at a bar over night or have my non-drinking nephew come get it if I decide to drink. No one has ever screwed with it and one bar owner actually pushes it in to the bar at closing. Only problem with that is you have to wait till they open to get it.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Ah yes, the judicial system for this country we love and have fine tuned for the past
few centuries to suit our needs and wishes so well. I say "FRY THE SUCKER!" Realistically,
anyone of us would do everything we could so we could to stay out on the streets too.
Lucky for him he had the do-ray-me....
His true judgement now will be how his public receives him. Here comes some big ol' hypocritical twofacasism.
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