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Yes, some thing do seem to be far out of whack. Tom De Lay was run out of congress after corruption charges by a partisan Demo-Rat DA in Texas. Big news in the media for a long time. Recently Delay was cleared of ALL charges, but the media didn't find it useful to cover that aspect.

Former Ca. congressman Duke Cunningham, Vietnam War Hero, fighter ace, got into the most corrupt occuaption in our country, politics, and became a cheap crook. He's still in prison, where he belongs. Jack Abramhoff was media fodder on an almost daily basis until he went to prison, where he belongs.

Charles Rangel, one of the more corrupt members of congress, despite all of his corrupt and unethical actions remained chairman of a powerful House committee, and was recently feted by many prominents Demo-Rats at a birthday party "honoring" him!

Maxine Waters, similar story. Tim Geithner is a tax cheat who was, even after his transgressions were known, made head of the Treasury Dept which oversees the IRS. He also just recently said that his Dept should not be required to adhere to the FOIA.

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I think you will find that the difference in sentence results from the difference in the charge - Snow was charged with (and pled guilty to) involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault, Dawson with felony hit and run and misdemeanor death by vehicle. Thus, the difference in sentences (NC structured sentencing gives different ranges depending on the crime - even though the outcomes were the same, the crimes charged were different).

Whether Dawson should have been charged with involuntary manslaughter, or Snow with something other than involuntary manslaughter, is perhaps another question. Obviously, the DA's office felt that the circumstances of each accident were different. With Snow, the speed seems to be judged (by the DA) more harshly than Dawson's crossing a center line, and running into someone head on. I might beg to differ but I'm not the DA.

Of course, you don't see the highway patrolman who drove 120 mph on a road with intersections with cross traffic and poor visibility to "catch a speeder" charged with anything - it seems that not everyone is fed off the same plate. . . . . but then, no one at the SBI has been charged with anything, either. Is there a pattern?

The "inconvenient truth" here is that women are almost always sentenced less than men.
Imagine if you will if a man had murdered his 2 children in the same fashion as Susan Smith.
How about all of the female teachers that get a slap on the wrist for having sex with underage students?

Whatever happened to "equal protection" ?

I've gotten more information on this.

For one thing, Dawson had one of the best defense attorneys around. Snow had a public defender. No aspersions on the PDs, but they generally can't afford to spend as much time on a case.

Second, Snow's sentence include 25-39 months for assault causing serious injury relating to injuries to the victim's wife.

Consider that for a moment. He received a longer sentence for injuring someone than Dawson got for killing David Sherman.