The driver of an SUV that struck and killed a 6-year-old girl just 12 days after her family moved to Clarkston from Nepal will spend a month in jail for his crime.

Wow. Apparently in GA, you cross a double yellow line and kill a child, and you're on the hook for just 30 days in the slammer. This is an abject failure of the judicial system. So, kill a 12-year-old and spend 60 days? What if you just maim them -- a week for a leg, a fortnight for brain damage?

I'm just glad we have a precedent for this sort of thing. What if you intend to break the law but don't intend to kill anyone, and do anyway? A month.

-janelane, sickened by the miscarriage of justice

Driver to serve 30 days for hitting, killing 6-year-old �| ajc.com