• Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com
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    11 days ago

    Was he though? Do you get extra charges for robbing a bank drunk? Seems to me there are already laws that cover everything from speeding to vehicular manslaughter. Somebody think of the children though its totally not just another way for the police to extract money from civilians.

    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      In case you’re actually wondering, in the state of New York where Timberlake committed the DUI, that falls under Penal Law Part I Title B § 15.25. And the words your tapioca pudding brain is looking for are “aggravating factor”, not “extra charge” (unless you mean public intoxication). Your comparison, though, as everyone knows, is moronic, and trying to downplay DUI through amateurish pseudo-lawyering disgracefully disrespects the many lives selfish pieces of shit abruptly take and ruin every day by driving under the influence.

    • mastertigurius@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      Umm, yes. If you rob a bank while being drunk, you’ll get a public intoxication charge slapped on with the rest of the charges.

    • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      Do you get extra charges for robbing a bank drunk?

      If the drunkenness was a big enough part of the interaction, I’m sure you would. Public intoxication laws do exist ya know.

    • frongt@lemmy.zip
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      11 days ago

      Driving drunk is illegal even if you are following every other law, due to the inherent risk. Even if you crash and the only person you hurt is yourself, you still have to be medically evaluated at least, and anything you hit repaired.