Got Justice?

Recently a nineteen year old San Diego Mesa College student, Whitney Young (pictured), was hit and killed by twenty year old Joseph Leeman. There has been a lot of talk about the incident in the media here, and rightfully so. After being struck by Leeman's 1997 BMW 527i, Young suffered severe brain trauma, never regaining consciousness before dying at a local hospital.

Was Leeman drunk? Probably.

Of course that is speculation. Speculation, however, based on common sense. On his "myspace" page Leeman is pictured drinking alcohol and calls himself "Steemin' Leeman" and a "drunken idiot."

Self described.

Adding to the reasonable presumption of intoxication is a previous DUI.

But that's not entirely my point here. It's bad enough a life has been snuffed out: someone's daughter, sister, someone's future wife, someday a mother. It's bad enough Leeman fled the scene (later claiming he thought he'd hit an animal). What's really bad is that Leeman faces a maximum of four years in jail.

Four years, which means he'll be out in two.

We put drug addicts and small time drug dealers away for ten times that amount.

Got justice?