A friend of mine was killed in a car accident; vehicular homicide due to negligent operation of a motor vehicle. He's only getting 4 years prison out of that. Granted, he wasn't on drugs or alcohol; and nor was he in NY... -shrug-
It's horrible the way we take things out on each other. We're so hell-bent on revenge versus understanding. And no, I'm not a liberal tree-hugging hippie or anything; but I think we need to slow down and realize that killing someone for talking smack isn't going to do us any good. -sigh-