Man killed my best friend in Arkansas. The court is talking about letting him go with a small fine.
Location: Arkansas, usa
Hello guys, some backstory.
Around this time last year my best friend and father of my niece was killed in a head on collision. He died instantly.
The bridge was closed partially due to construction and the guy (CH) was swerving around traffic and hit my friend (LY). From my understanding CH even refused to take a soberity test on site.
My sister and the father of the victim have been handling it mostly on there own but from what it sounds like, both parties lawyers (CH's and the person my sister hired) are both trying to push for bare minimum fine and sentencing because CH has testicular cancer.
Something doesn't feel right and I don't think a small fine is justice for a number of reasons. 1.) the money won't help my sister or niece in any capacity. 2.) CH hired a big hotshot lawyer in the area who is most likely getting paid more then the fine would be. 3.) due to his diagnosis, I do not think he would have any incentive on paying the fine in a timely manner.
I'm supposed to be going to the next meeting with the attorney and lawyers, I just want to make sure I say what I want to say in a way the attorney and lawyers can't shut down. The attorney has been berating my sister when she gets emotional at the meetings from what I was told and even threatened to drop the case if my sister (who is the widow in the situation) refuses to accept the fine.
(To be honest I think something fishy is going on between the attorney and lawyers. This is a pretty small town and I'm pretty sure that hotshot lawyer is friends with the attorney.)
I can attach a link with one of the articles about the situation. Didn't want to post it since it had their names in it.