sometimes if you beat a dead horse long enough it'll come back to life

Even if it happened in 1969?

hi sunshine

Why assume he's adored? I feel for all families who lose a loved one.

Does that make me part of the "good" Kennedy folk crowd

well said Fran

Oh God Fran woke up. I'm bailing out before the thread gets hijacked

I'm confused. Who was tried and sentenced in 1969? be seeing you

Figures, you're ignoring all the answers to your question, yet again. Perhaps because you're not hearing what you want to hear? I love how that happens, people love to shove their views down your throat, ask questions, but refuse to listen to the answers, even if said answers essentially agree with their point of view

You called
Run for da hills - stay away from the gutta

"On July 25, Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and was given a sentence of two months in jail, suspended. That night, he gave a national broadcast in which he said, "I regard as indefensible the fact that I did not report the accident to the police immediately", but denied driving under the influence of alcohol and denied any immoral conduct between him and Kopechne. Kennedy asked the Massachusetts electorate whether he should stay in office and, after getting a favorable response, he did so.

In January 1970, an inquest into Kopechne's death took place in Edgartown, Massachusetts. At the request of Kennedy's lawyers, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordered the inquest be conducted in secret. The presiding judge, James A. Boyle, concluded that some aspects of Kennedy's story of that night were not true, and that "negligent driving appears to have contributed to the death of Mary Jo Kopechne." A grand jury on Martha's Vineyard staged a two-day investigation in April 1970 but issued no indictment, after which Boyle made his inquest report public. Kennedy deemed its conclusions "not justified.""

-wiki

Two months,suspended. Amazing what money and power can buy. be seeing you

Again, with the not reading and only hearing what you want to. This is hardly uncommon, whether you come from money or not. Read up a few posts, you'll see what I mean.

I read your post and I sympathize. By the same token,don't be naive. Kennedys money and power let him get away with a lot more than Chappaquiddick. be seeing you

I read your post and I sympathize. By the same token,don't be naive. Kennedys money and power let him get away with a lot more than Chappaquiddick. be seeing you


Thank you. And actually, you calling me naive is laughable. While I'll admit, his family name has probably gotten him places (both in and out) most people never could, I was simply pointing out that the sentencing in the particular case that this thread is about is hardly unusual.

SuzinVA: "My best friend's brother was killed by a drunk driver, a hit and run. He was caught. He received a fine, 30 days (suspended) in jail and 6 months of house probation."

Winx: "My ex's brother was killed by a drunk driver. The driver was put on probation." That driver did not have money and power.