You won't believe this, I didn't the first time I read it. Elizabeth Shelton, 21, was convicted last year of intoxication manslaughter. She was speeding down the Southwest Freeway in Houston in October of 2007, lost control of her car and slammed into the back of a commercial truck, killing her boyfriend, Matthew McNiece. When tested, Shelton's blood alcohol level was over three times the legal limit.
Even though the statute for intoxication manslaughter requires a two-to-twenty year sentence, the jury in the case only sentenced Shelton to 8 years' probation, a $10,000 fine, and 120 days in jail.
Having killed her boyfriend through her drunken recklessness, you might think this daughter of a state district judge would think long and hard about her responsibility, especially given the jury's lenient sentence - a real break she plainly did not deserve.
Nope.
This prize of a person filed suit against the truck driver she hit.
Shelton thinks she is entitled to "medical care and expenses, payment for pain and suffering, mental anguish, $20,000 in property damage to the car, plus attorney's fees."
I honestly cannot, in polite company, use the sort of words necessary to describe what I think of someone who would blame one of her victims for her own selfish and deadly behavior. 'Stone heart' is as close as I can do here.
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Sounds like she has somethi... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Allen | December 19, 2008 1:55 PM | Score: -22 (24 votes cast)
Sounds like she has something in common with the First Lady, huh?
1. Posted by Allen | December 19, 2008 1:55 PM |
Score: -22 (24 votes cast)
Posted on December 19, 2008 13:55
2. Posted by Paul_In_Houston | December 19, 2008 2:00 PM | Score: 15 (15 votes cast)
Congratulations Allen:
You've just managed to sink below the level of the woman DJ was describing.
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2. Posted by Paul_In_Houston | December 19, 2008 2:00 PM |
Score: 15 (15 votes cast)
Posted on December 19, 2008 14:00
3. Posted by DaveD | December 19, 2008 2:00 PM | Score: -2 (10 votes cast)
I'll say this for you Allen, you really have a gift for seeing the big picture.
3. Posted by DaveD | December 19, 2008 2:00 PM |
Score: -2 (10 votes cast)
Posted on December 19, 2008 14:00
4. Posted by GianiD | December 19, 2008 3:11 PM | Score: 7 (11 votes cast)
Was she driving an olds like fat teddy?
4. Posted by GianiD | December 19, 2008 3:11 PM |
Score: 7 (11 votes cast)
Posted on December 19, 2008 15:11
5. Posted by chsw
| December 19, 2008 4:57 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Shelton should have to pay every cent for the defense in this lawsuit.
5. Posted by chsw
| December 19, 2008 4:57 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on December 19, 2008 16:57
6. Posted by apb | December 19, 2008 6:13 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Uh - I don't get Allen's comment. What does she have in common with Michelle Obama?
6. Posted by apb | December 19, 2008 6:13 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on December 19, 2008 18:13
7. Posted by Mike G in Corvallis | December 19, 2008 10:57 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
That woman's sentence should have included tattooing her forehead with:
7. Posted by Mike G in Corvallis | December 19, 2008 10:57 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on December 19, 2008 22:57
8. Posted by saterp | December 19, 2008 11:26 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
The words "brass cajones" came to my mind.
8. Posted by saterp | December 19, 2008 11:26 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on December 19, 2008 23:26
9. Posted by ODA315 | December 20, 2008 2:14 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Yes, your trial lawyers at work.
9. Posted by ODA315 | December 20, 2008 2:14 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2008 14:14
10. Posted by ijosha | December 21, 2008 3:49 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Daddy, juvenile court judge Pat Shelton, has been shown to be dirty in the past... this just goes furhter to erases any doubts for me.
"... Shelton, her family and the family of the boyfriend who was killed are suing ..." Nice how these types are all cut from the same cloth.
10. Posted by ijosha | December 21, 2008 3:49 AM |
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Posted on December 21, 2008 03:49
11. Posted by Jason | December 22, 2008 9:08 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Elizabeth Shelton: probably an Obama voter. "If I'm in trouble, it HAS to be someone else's fault." If I fail to make payments on my mortgage, it has to be the bank's fault. If I download a bunch of babies out of wedlock, and I don't have the resources to take care of them, it has to be society's fault. If I get drunk and ploy into another vehicle, it can't be my fault. Reward losers? Punish victims? Leech of responsible people? Yes We Can!!
http://rightklik.blogspot.com/
11. Posted by Jason | December 22, 2008 9:08 PM |
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Posted on December 22, 2008 21:08