Old 10-09-17, 11:48 AM
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The perp - oh, excuse me, the alleged perp - is Aaron Michael Paff, 21, of Novato. I hope the people Mr. Paff tried to kill - excuse me, allegedly tried to kill - recover fully, including emotionally. And I hope they are there in court to force this scum to face the human beings - not cyclists, not animals, but human beings - that he tried to kill.

I can't find where I read this, but I did read that among the charges he is facing are four counts of attempted vehicular homicide. I just did a quick-and-dirty search to see what this means. In California, vehicular homicide (meaning where you actually kill someone) could be charged as a misdemeanor with a sentence of up to one year in the county lockup or as a felony and up to six years in state prison. (I didn't see what the "attempted" part does to the sentencing options.) This needs to be charged as a felony.
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