You've got to be kidding...

[T&S]

Only in America...

http://uk.news.yahoo....-death-111744335.html

[Ankou]

i have always been warned how seriously jaywalking is taken in the us, to the point of almost paranoia when being there.

it sounds harsh, but someone caused that death, and someone has to be culpable. in this instance it wasn't the driver but the mother who crossed the road holding a child, who ran free, in an undesignated place.

it sounds harsh, and i have great pity for the woman, she has received the full weight of the law. although the article refers to the black/white issue wuite heavily, i am not entirely convinced of the relevance, perhaps someone else knows better.

[Ankou]

actually i take all that back, it seems the driver was drunk.

its terrible.

[jno]

drunk and half-blind

[Gromit]

Don't cross the street, in the middle, in the middle, in the middle, in the middle of the block....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1XhojOp_eg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[birdie1971]

^^^ Brilliant! As for the poor woman convicted, that's a truly appalling decision by the courts and one that has rightly caused uproar in the USA.

[Davethedog]

Yet Casey Anthony was deemed not guilty.

In a country where accepting a pair of trainers can lose you a college scholarship but you are free to own an automatic weapon.