http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/General-news/2010/September/sep0710-Marshalls-may-face-manslaughter-charges-over-Shoya-Tomizawa-death/ (http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/General-news/2010/September/sep0710-Marshalls-may-face-manslaughter-charges-over-Shoya-Tomizawa-death/)
It may be Italian law but I sure don't like the sound of this. Corner/track workers and course marshals? Why? Because they had the "doctor" signs up side down? I don't like "dog piling" when it comes to tragedies. Hopefully for the sake of those that helped Shoya this will go away quickly.
Hey I just posted the link and don't like also ...
Same thing happened when Ayrton Senna died.
Quote from: Darkmonster620 on September 07, 2010, 05:01:37 PM
Hey I just posted the link and don't like also ...
I'm hip to that. Nothing likeable in that story. :P
I don't recall exactly how long it took for the legal wrangling to get sorted after Senna's crash, but IIRC it was 2 years or so.
Quote from: Speeddog on September 07, 2010, 07:41:55 PM
I don't recall exactly how long it took for the legal wrangling to get sorted after Senna's crash, but IIRC it was 2 years or so.
three...
Quote from: derby on September 07, 2010, 08:00:30 PM
three...
Cripes. :P
Whatever your feeling on whether the legal deal is right or wrong, it's just how it is done in Italy.
Quote from: Speeddog on September 07, 2010, 06:03:28 PM
Same thing happened when Ayrton Senna died.
Quote from: Speeddog on September 07, 2010, 07:41:55 PM
I don't recall exactly how long it took for the legal wrangling to get sorted after Senna's crash, but IIRC it was 2 years or so.
I guess you didn't bother to read the OP. ;)
That'd be too easy. :P
Now this,
http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/Press+Conference+Race+Direction+Shoya+Tomizawa (http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/Press+Conference+Race+Direction+Shoya+Tomizawa)
Quote from: Speeddog on September 07, 2010, 08:04:12 PM
Whatever your feeling on whether the legal deal is right or wrong, it's just how it is done in Italy.
...ask Amanda Knox.
The Amanda Knox case was murder. "Manslaughter" in Italy has a greater range of actions on the part of the accused that qualify a person to be charged.
For instance, under Italian law, if a person has a duty to act on behalf of another (which the marshalls do) and do so negligently, it is criminal. In the USA, this would be a civil case with the marshalls being sued by the family for wrongful death, but in Italy this is a criminal case. They could go to jail for 5-7 years.
In American law, there are few instances where a person has a duty to act to assist another outside of contractual or familial relationships (i.e. the racer has contracted with the racetrack, thus the racetrack must act or a parent must act on behalf of their child). But rarely are these criminal in nature when they come up. European law is very different in these areas.
eh...I think gm2 just meant that their system is make the beast with two backsed up in general. ;D
Quote from: Triple J on September 08, 2010, 10:05:08 AM
eh...I think gm2 just meant that their system is make the beast with two backsed up in general. ;D
[thumbsup]
Their legal system is like their cars <bad italian accent>if you make the beast with two backs up, I kill you</bad italian accent>