Half A Century For An Angel's Death

In April 2009, California Angel's pitcher, Nick Adenhart, was killed along with two others after being struck by a drunk driver. The 23 year old offender was on probation from a previous DWI at the time of the crash. At least one of the two others in Adenhart's car were students at CSU-Fullerton, where I'd presented less than six months earlier. At least one of the deceased was in my audience, hence why I'm tied closely to this case.

The offender's sentence was just handed down in the DWI manslaughter deaths associated with the crash: 51 years.

Part of me wants to jump for joy for such an extensive sentence. Another part (the realist in me) knows that he'll probably only end up serving 20 years, maybe less. Still the sentence pretty much maxxed out what the law allows. THAT is something survivors of DWI crashes are excited about.

Prohibited No More

Just a fun factoid for ya, but today is the 77th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. Amuse your friends with this random knowledge!