XPost: alt.birdwatching.ducks, sac.politics, rec.motorcycles   
   XPost: can.politics   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 06/21/2014 08:43 PM, Yes They Walk Among Us wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   What she'll probably get:  2 years and 1000 hours of community service.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Refused to do jail time for killing two people.  I guess she thought a   
   jury would be sympathetic and perhaps give her some sort of humanitarian   
   award.  After all, ducklings are cute.   
      
   > Her lawyer Marc Labelle said his client was stunned by the   
   > jury's decision. He said he may appeal.   
      
   Proof of her stupidity.  Criminal stupidity.   
      
   > '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.'   
      
   This is about criminal stupidity.  People this stupid should not be   
   allowed to live in society.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Ducklings understand hand signals?  Strike three.   
      
   > '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.   
      
   Have they attempted to revoke her degree yet?   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Nibbled to death by ducks.  Poetic, that.   
      
      
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