Holy Diver

The problem with America in a nutshell.

If you have enough $$$, you can get away with anything.


HIt and run? no prob, as long as your job is making billions, you should be cool, everyone else...not so much.

District Attorney Mark Hurlbert:

"Felony convictions have some pretty serious job implications for someone in Mr. Erzinger's profession, and that entered into it," Hurlbert said. "When you're talking about restitution, you don't want to take away his ability to pay."
"We have talked with Mr. Haddon and we had their objections, but ultimately it's our call," Hurlbert said.



Dear Mark Hurlbert,

Go F yourself!

XXOO,

HD

Holy Diver

MOre on this: Alleged hit-and-run driver may not face felony | VailDaily.com

dude he his was a DOCTOR. Milo, 34, is a physician living in New York City with his wife and two children, where he is still recovering from his injuries, court records show. “Mr. Erzinger struck me, fled and left me for dead on the highway,” Milo wrote. “Neither his financial prominence nor my financial situation should be factors in your prosecution of this case.”



he left him on the highway and when the cops found Erzinger, he was trying to stash his bumper in his trunk.

When Avon police arrived he was putting a broken side mirror and a bumper in his trunk, court record say.




AGAIN: Billionaire banker.....more important than the justice system, and a doctor.

The Brandon Five

Fixed it for ya.

Unless the victim expressed a preference for civil penalites (i.e. $$$) over a criminal conviction, it is hard to make sense of this. It sounds like the victim was actually opposed.

Do they even teach "equality before the law" at the Univ. of Colorado School of Law? What about Dartmouth>?

Disgusting.

Holy Diver

I honestly didn't even look to see what political affiliation this guy had. It really should read:

District Attorney Mark Hurlbert (EVIL)

The Brandon Five

I can't tell if he is evil or just obtuse.

Patsfanin Philly

I thought his name was familiar. He was involved in the Kobe Bryant case.......
Bill Ritter Redux: Mark Hurlbert, Failed Kobe Bryant DA, Wants to Bring DA Perspective to Colorado Senate - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com

chicowalker

Made me think of this case out near me:

LA Doctor Jailed For Road Rage Attack On Cyclists - BikeRadar

Real World

If the guy didn't flee the scene, and it was just an unfortunate "accident", then maybe I could see the down grade to a misdemenor. The problem here though, is that the guy fled the scene, and left the dude to possibly die. That deserves a harsh punishment. If it means the guy loses some earning power, so be it. That's the price you pay for fleeing. Pretty cut and dry to me, but not so cut and dry to the Golden Rule. The rule which of course reads, "he who has the gold makes the rules".

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"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."
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Patsfanin Philly

Trying to dispose of evidence ( like fleeing and disposing of dented bumpers) is considered 'consciousness of guilt'................Just saying...

chicowalker

And let's take a look at the rationale -- a felony conviction could harm his career? Well, yeah, felony convictions can do that. Since when do we downgrade charges out of what is essentially inconvenience to the perp? Isn't that part of what punishment is about?

Putting drug dealers and bank robbers away probably hurts their earning power, too. Maybe we should start going easy on them, it's really not fair...