Regarding my post on Kathleen Rice, the Nassau County District Attorney, and the drunk driving murder case she was prosecuting:
The jury found 25-year-old Martin Heidgen guilty of two counts of murder, in deaths of 7-year-old Kate Flynn and 59-year-old Stanley Rabinowitz. Defense attorney Stephen LaMagna complained that prosecutors held Heidgen to the “same standard as a cold-blooded murderer” but insisted, “this is a kid who drank too much and got lost on the way home.”
Some people just don’t get it. I occasionally entertain thoughts of getting into the legal profession. I hope that if I do, I never become able to think like LaMagna.
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Yeah, he got lost, all right. It was in the bar, where he got lost in the alcohol. “Lost” is no excuse for causing deaths, especially when you were so snockered you probably couldn’t get behind the wheel on the first try. His behavior is inexcusable.
Shoot, if “lost” is an excuse, then I’ve got it made, because I get lost more than anyone I know.