Mrs. Corrigan has three children who were very young when their father died due to Lou Gherig's disease. He suffered terribly and died Ina year and a half. A few years after that Mrs. Corrigan was thrown from a horse. Her back was smashed. She is never pain-free. The drugs she is prescribed for this pain are necessary. As the only driver in her household now.....who else who will drive her to the supermarket or anywhere else. She has no family left other than her children. The entire incident is very sad as it should never have happened. Two good people suffered. One lost their freedom and other lost his life. A horror story for Mrs. Corrigan. A story of unbelievable grief for the victim's family.

You need to go back and look at ALL the circumstances in this case. This was not a situation where a person went joy riding after taking recreational drugs. Ms Corrigan had lost her husband to a horrible disease and she was also battling severe illnesses while trying to raise children. On the day of the accident there were snow banks in the shoulders of the road making it danderous for a cyclist to ride. A harsher sentence will not bring back Mr Boye nor would it be proper given the suffering this woman has already experienced.

Leslie, you are entitled to an opinion, but you have no right to put words in my mouth. I didn't say she should go free but a harsher sentence would serve no purpose unless , of course, you believe our justice system exists purely to punish people. As Americans we've become quite good at filling our prisons, so good, in fact, that we lead the world with the highest % of population imprisoned.

Plea bargaining is also done to avoid lengthy and costly trials. While i agree that there are very strong arguments for legalizing marijuana you might be surprised to know that very few people are in jail for simple marijuana possession.