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Sun May-11-08 12:24 PM
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109. Man gets 3 years for causing fatal crash

OOOOH! This one's from Canada!

Evidence he was drunk: judge
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA

Jerry Laramee was never charged with impaired driving for an early morning crash that killed 24-year-old Melanie Friesen, but there is ample evidence to prove he had been drinking, a court heard yesterday.

"In my view, there is compelling and uncontroverted evidence that Mr. Laramee was intoxicated at the time," said Justice Deborah McCawley before sentencing the 40-year-old carpenter to three years in prison.

A sentencing hearing was adjourned last month following a dispute over whether Laramee had been drinking prior to the July 27, 2004, collision....

How could the Canadian justice system have let this guy slip through the cracks?

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