XPost: alt.birdwatching.ducks, sac.politics, rec.motorcycles   
   XPost: can.politics   
   From: idiots@liberalism.org   
      
   A woman who parked her car on a highway to rescue ducklings has   
   been found guilty of causing the deaths of a motorcyclist and   
   his daughter who slammed into her vehicle.   
      
   Emma Czornobaj was convicted by a jury on Friday on two counts   
   of criminal negligence causing death, a charge that carries a   
   maximum life sentence, and two counts of dangerous driving   
   causing death, which comes with a maximum of 14 years in jail.   
      
   The 25-year-old was charged in the deaths of Andre Roy, 50, and   
   his daughter Jessie, 16.   
      
   She wiped away tears when the verdict was delivered to a packed   
   courtroom in Montreal.   
      
   Quebec Superior Court Justice Eliane Perreault said the 12-   
   member jury voted unanimously.   
      
   Czornobaj was released until her pre-sentence hearing on August   
   8.   
      
   Roy's motorcycle slammed into Czornobaj's Honda Civic after the   
   woman stopped in the left lane of Highway 30 in Candiac, Quebec   
   on June 27, 2010. Jessie was sitting on the back of her dad's   
   Harley-Davidson.   
      
   Pauline Volikakis was riding her own motorbike behind her   
   husband and daughter, and watched in horror as they were thrown   
   into the air.   
      
   Volikakis briefly fought back tears when she left the courtroom.   
      
   'I don't wish misfortune on anyone,' the widow said. 'It's time   
   that we go on. This will not bring (back) my loved ones.'   
      
   She said she hoped publicity of the case will reinforce a basic   
   message to drivers.   
      
   'Future and present drivers should know that we don’t stop on   
   highways, and it’s very dangerous. Even if it’s a small animal   
   that we like or that we want to preserve, we should not stop on   
   the highways,' she said. 'It’s not a place to stop.'   
      
   Czornobaj, a self-professed animal lover, told the court that   
   she did not see the ducklings' mother anywhere and planned to   
   capture them and take them home.   
      
   She had three years driving experience at the time of the   
   accident.   
      
   National Post reported Czornobaj, who doesn't have a criminal   
   record, was willing to plead guilty as recently as April but   
   refused to do jail time.   
      
   Her lawyer Marc Labelle said his client was stunned by the   
   jury's decision. He said he may appeal.   
      
   'So now we are at the sentencing stage in this case. The   
   question we have to ask is that considering the nature of the   
   facts, it is rare that we have criminal negligence where there   
   are no bad elements,' Labelle said.   
      
   'This was not a race. This was not a person who took a chance   
   and drove drunk. This is not about someone who was speeding and   
   took a risky maneuver.'   
      
   During the trial, witness Martine Tessier testified that she   
   noticed parked car didn't have its hazards on and that the   
   driver's door was open.   
      
   She also said she saw Czornobaj motioning to some ducks on the   
   side of the road.   
      
   'I shouted to my [three] children: ‘What is she doing there?   
   She’s going to get killed',' Tessier said, according to National   
   Post.   
      
   'I saw a body go over the car. It looked like a rag doll. I   
   shouted to my daughter to call 911.'   
      
   Prosecutor Annie-Claude Chasse had a message for motorists.   
      
   'What we hope is that a clear message is sent to society that we   
   do not stop on the highway for animals. It's not worth it,' she   
   said.   
      
   Czornobaj left the courthouse without commenting.   
      
   According to National Post, she is a financial analyst who   
   graduated from Concordia’s John Molson School of Business where   
   she made the dean’s list.   
      
   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2663995/Canada-woman-   
   stops-ducks-guilty-2-deaths.html   
      
   This woman is a complete idiot and should be beaten to death   
   with motorcycle chains.   
      
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