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District Attorney's Son Avoids Harsh Prison Sentence for Three Homicides (Diana Gomez, Larry Morse II, Judge Kenneth Gnoss)

What is the likely prison sentence a California drunk driver who killed three people would receive?  Here are the facts:Dylan Morse had a blood-alcohol level of at least 0.15 percent, nearly twice the legal limit for an adult, and had marijuana in his system when he ran a red light at Stony Point Road and Highway 116, where he struck Ruiz?s car [killing three people].What if the drunk driver who killed three people is the son of Larry Morse II, the Merced County district attorney?   What if I told you that when Larry Morse prosecuted a case involving a drunk driver, the drunk driver received 11 years in prison?Here is what happens when the D.A. is your father rather than your prosecutor: Michael Ruiz of Calistoga realizes that nothing will bring back his son, Alex, who was 22 when he died in a Sonoma County car wreck on Valentine?s Day...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on December 11, 2009 (boomark / email).