I cannot hold back any longer on expressing my feelings about the injustice Jim Leyritz is receiving in his DUI fatality trial. You might remember Leyritz from the world series a few years ago in which he starred in for The New York Yankees. His trial is being aired on truTV during a program called In Session.
Now don't get the attitude I'm supporting an athlete & his serious offense of driving while drunk causing a fatality which is what he's charged with. Here's where the problem starts. Leyritz was intoxicated, well over the legal limit. His victim, a female just so happened to have an extremely high BAC also. She also ran a red light causing the accident. Here's where Leyritz is getting railroaded. The judge absolutely refuses to allow into evidence the victims BAC!!! Nor will the judge allow into the evidence that she had actually run the red light. The judge also refuses to allow into evidence that would show the victim while running a red light was texting & speaking on her cell phone. It was also noted the victim was driving without headlights and speeding at the time.
In the long run, Leyritz should be held accountable for something in this. I disagree that it should be a DUI fatality as the victim ran the red light, was texting on her phone, and was intoxicated herself. Why the judge is not allowing this into evidence is beyond me nor do I understand on what grounds.
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