# DUI motorist plows car into crowd during Oklahoma State University homecoming parade. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-motorist-plows-car-into-crowd-during-oklahoma-state-university-homecoming-parade/735655 "2015-10-24T20:05:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-motorist-plows-car-into-crowd-during-oklahoma-state-university-homecoming-parade/735655/81 "2015-10-29T23:02:14Z")
In Oklahoma, second degree murder, which is what Adacia Chambers is charged with, is defined as follows: > [@](#): > > When perpetrated by an act imminently dangerous to another person and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual So it certainly looks like second degree murder is the appropriate charge. It’s pretty much a textbook description of her actions that day. Below is the punishment set for the crime of second degree murder: > [@](#): > > A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to murder in the second degree shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in a state penal institution for not less than ten (10) years nor more than life. [Cite](http://www.oklahomalegalgroup.com/homicide) I assume she could be found not guilty by reason of insanity despite the line about evincing a depraved mind. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-motorist-plows-car-into-crowd-during-oklahoma-state-university-homecoming-parade/735655/82 "2015-10-29T23:29:00Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I assume she could be found not guilty by reason of insanity despite the line about evincing a depraved mind. Of course. That’s because _depraved mind_ does not mean _insane_. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-motorist-plows-car-into-crowd-during-oklahoma-state-university-homecoming-parade/735655/83 "2015-10-30T00:07:15Z")
For some reason I’ve always thought depravity was a consequence of, if not insanity, then at least mental imbalance. Thanks for arsing me to look it up. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-motorist-plows-car-into-crowd-during-oklahoma-state-university-homecoming-parade/735655/84 "2015-10-30T01:46:25Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > People should have to be licensed to drive and cars should be registered and it should be against the law to drive drunk. Yes, I’m sure that if we lived in an alternate universe where there were fewer restrictions on who could drive and driving drunk was legal, we’d have a lot more of these incidents. Glad we don’t live in that universe. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-motorist-plows-car-into-crowd-during-oklahoma-state-university-homecoming-parade/735655/85 "2015-10-30T02:31:24Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > [Quote=State of Oklahoma] > punishable by imprisonment in a state penal institution for not less than ten (10) years _ **nor more than life** _. [/QUOTE] Nice to see they don’t reach out their skeleton hands beyond the Great Divide. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-motorist-plows-car-into-crowd-during-oklahoma-state-university-homecoming-parade/735655/86 "2015-10-30T02:56:15Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > Nice to see they don’t reach out their skeleton hands beyond the Great Divide. Are you aware that Oklahoma law allows for the possibility of a type of punishment which most consider to be “more” (bigger, more severe) than life in prison? ETA: I do see your point, though – that statute could have been worded better. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-motorist-plows-car-into-crowd-during-oklahoma-state-university-homecoming-parade/735655/87 "2015-10-30T05:07:45Z")
That was a pretty funny observation though. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-motorist-plows-car-into-crowd-during-oklahoma-state-university-homecoming-parade/735655/88 "2015-11-04T16:06:32Z")
[[F]our counts of second-degree murder and 46 counts of felony assault.](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/adacia-chambers-charged-oklahoma-state-university-parade-crash-killed-4-n457226) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-motorist-plows-car-into-crowd-during-oklahoma-state-university-homecoming-parade/735655.md?page=4)