Originally Posted by dougmc

None of these people said they would not convict [Regarding the claim that "There are cyclist on BF's that would not convict her."]

dwr1961 hopes he'll get a "a long prohibition from driving" ... that would require a conviction.
jakemoffatt points out that there could be more to the story. (And of course there could be. And his very next post points out that were were some details that he wasn't aware of.)
slide didn't say that that the guy was innocent either. His points are accurate.

I would expect that if any of these people were on a jury when this case came up that they would examine the evidence presented and come to an appropriate decision -- just as anybody should. "Beyond a reasonable doubt" is a pretty high bar in some cases, and it does lead to many guilty people being acquitted -- but that's the way things go when the evidence isn't there.

Originally Posted by slide

Also what will severe punishment to the driver do to the good? It sure won't revive the McDaniels.

Also any of us who drive have had lapses of inattention. Perhaps this was such a lapse that resulted in the death of two innocents, but the *crime* of attention lapse is one we're all guilty of doing. Keep that in mind those who want to hang the driver not for the attention loss, not because it resulted in deaths, but because the dead were on bikes.