"Justice Delayed is Justice Denied"
It's over? I don't think so.
Even when the civil case is resolved, it doesn't resolve the hurt.
An article from last year indicated that this defendant's insurance company won't be required to pay out. There's plenty of year-round boating in Florida: what's to keep this defendant from moving to Florida (as O.J. did) to avoid paying any civil judgment?
Does the retired spouse have enough years left to see closure? A similar Winnipesaukee boating civil case from 1997 is still unresolved. Fortunately, that surviving family is younger in years.
Of five similar Hit & Run boating cases I've seen, all are doing major time behind bars -- including one (ten year sentence) that occurred just a year ago and involved no fatality. A Florida case, which needs to be called a Hit & Float (defendant thrown from his boat, and couldn't run) is serving an 84-year term.
Let's face it: Winnipesaukee's latest defendant drove [off] through a major loophole in New Hampshire law, and has already benefited mightily. That, apparently, isn't enough. Federal appeals are next.
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 "Common Sense" isn't. 
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