'Toyota defense' might rescue jailed Minnesota man

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    The new defense for the decade? "My Toyota made me do it!"

    And maybe it did, I'm still kind of shocked the guy got 8 years for a traffic accident. There are drunks who have gotten less time for killing someone in a traffic accident.
     
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    Yeah, that seems really really stupid. I guess we showed him. He'll think twice before he hits the wrong pedal again.

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    ugh....horrible for all people involved
     
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    I think the family of the deceased is only willing to accept his new argument because they want to sue Toyota for millions.
     
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    Gee, you think so?
     
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    Why is it routine for a judge to hear victims crying moments before he decides the sentence, or anytime? Shouldn't the decision be cool and rational, based upon standardized written law, not anecdote? This became routine in the last 20 years or so. Who introduced this custom? The haters?
     
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