An 18 year old girl was killed by a texting drunk driver. He was just acquitted. He is rich. [View all]

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Last edited Thu May 31, 2012, 09:12 PM - Edit history (2)

Dr. Corasanti was drunk and texting when he hit the teenager with his BMW so hard it threw her 200 feet. He never stopped.

The case was an easy prosecution. He left the scene of crime, he tried to wash off her tissue from the car, he deleted texts that were written while driving, and he has a previous drunk driving conviction.

The prosecution brought in the front of his crumpled car, they had witnesses who testified to how loud the accident was when it happened, they had experts, police reports and toxicology reports.

The defense argued that the doctor simply hadn't seen the girl, and he would have stopped if he knew he had hit a human. He knew he hit something...just didn't think it was a person.

The jury acquitted him of vehicular manslaughter and second degree manslaughter. It even acquitted him of leaving the scene of an accident, which is just baffling. He was found guilty of a misdemeanor DWI, for which he will probably get community service.

Buffalo is in shock. The hit and run happened right by where I live, and the whole community is outraged beyond words. The good doctor bought the finest defense team he could, and it looks like he bought justice, too

There are many articles on this right now, so I am just going to link to the local newspaper front page. Please read up on this grave injustice.

http://www.buffalonews.com

Edit: I added a new post of the facts around the accident. You can see it at http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=748490

Edit 2: Pwnmom and Fumesucker both addressed the Jury foreman's comments. Pwnmother in this thread and fume in an OP at http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002750129

Thanks both.