Originally Posted by
Equinox
In my opinion, the sentence should have been life in prison without the possibility of parole. The fact that the sentences are served concurrently doesn't seem right. I seems like the killings after the first one are of lesser importance. If it were a like sentence, then it wouldn't matter.
Technically speaking sentence for each of the five deaths are not concurrent:
- death
#1 = 8 to 15 years (operating while intoxicated)
- death
#2 = 8 to 15 years (operating while intoxicated)
- death
#3 = 8 to 15 years (operating while intoxicated)
- death
#4 = 8 to 15 years (operating while intoxicated)
- death
#5 = 8 to 15 years (operating while intoxicated)
Gives a total sentence of 40 to 75 years for the operating while intoxicated causing death charges.
In addition to the operating while intoxicated charges, he was also sentenced to five counts of second degree second degree murder. The total sentence for these five murder charges is 35 to 55 years. This sentence is concurrent with the 40 to 75 years above.
In addition to the charges listed above, Pickett was also sentenced for four counts of operating while intoxicated resulting in serious injury. Each of these counts is 3 to 5 years and these sentences are concurrent with the 40 to 75 and 35 to 55 from above.
For a man his age, the normal life expectancy is another 30 years - so chances are greater than not that he will die in prison.