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Woman charged with vehicular homicide

Tue, 07/03/2007 - 11:16am
By: John Munford

PTC crash killed 2 Fayetteville men

A Fayetteville woman has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide stemming from a collision on Ga. Highway 74 and Aberdeen Parkway that killed two Fayetteville men March 28, police said.

Melissa Painter has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide in the second degree and failure to yield while turning left, according to the Peachtree City Police Department.

The crash killed Leonard Dunn and John Minaberry, both of Fayetteville, who were traveling north on Hwy. 74 in Dunn’s older model Porsche Targa at the time of the collision, police said. The crash occurred when Painter, who was heading south on Hwy. 74, attempted to turn left onto Aberdeen Parkway into the path of Dunn’s vehicle, police said.

The charges came after a comprehensive reconstruction of the accident that was conducted by the department’s community response team, which is specially trained to analyze crash scenes.

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Hopefully, she'll do the right thing now
Submitted by IMNSHO on Tue, 07/03/2007 - 3:30pm.

And plead guilty. Don't put those families through a trial, please. Don't make the taxpayers pay for a trial where you'll most likely be found guilty.

My heart hurts for those families. The vindictive side of me hopes she is really suffering from her guilt.

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IMNSHO: right thing
Submitted by dollaradayandfound on Tue, 07/03/2007 - 3:45pm.

In this day and age the very worst thing you can do is to tell the truth, totally, when charged with a crime.
What would have happened to O.J. Simpson if he had said, "yep, I did it?" Whether he did or not has nothing to do with my question.
There can be doubt about any thing. If the one driver was driving 75 MPH, what about that? What if drunk? A lot of what ifs.
But, the main reason one must let the jury and judge fix the punishment, once charged, is that we simply don't give any credit anymore for a guilty plea. Our attitude is: well, he pled guilty, hang him!

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Wow
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Submitted by PTC_New_Native on Fri, 07/06/2007 - 10:39am.

Did I read this right? Dollar, are you saying to lie? What are we breeding down here? Dollar, please put your white sheet and hood back on and move somewhere else.

The More I learn, the Less I know


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The Fayetteville Accident
Submitted by fayettelady on Sat, 07/07/2007 - 11:38am.

Hi, I don't think Dollar is suggesting lying, I think it's more that there could be circumstances that aren't apparent that could make the guilty/not guilty plea not appropriate. A horrible tragedy has occurred, and no doubt, hurt and pain are going to be around for a long time for all those involved.

Justice usually works well, sometimes it doesn't; nothing is perfect. But the court is a place where all the facts can be judged by a judge or by us, the peers and when we hear all the facts we make a decision.

All the public knows is that two persons are gone, and one person made a left turn that led to a crash and death.

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