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Absolutely no evidence or allegation of being impaired in any way --but got sentenced 8 years for hitting the wrong pedal (ALLEGEDLY). I thought an accident was an accident (not a criminal offense) before I read about this a couple of years ago (unless alcohol or drugs were involved, or not having slept for however many hours, or eating while driving or other willful neglect or something like that -- none of that alleged in this case). 
He got out after serving 2 1/2 years because all the information coming out about the Toyota acceleration problems (well more on why he got out is about 6 paragraphs from the end of the linked article in the OP).
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