# Midnight Rider

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midnight-rider/682396>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 27, 2014, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midnight-rider/682396 "2014-02-27T08:05:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midnight-rider/682396/61 "2015-03-09T18:29:31Z")

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[Miller pleads guilty](http://www.wtoc.com/story/28298636/director-of-gregg-allman-film-pleads-guilty-in-train-crash-death-charges-dropped-against-wife).

The sentences look awfully lenient to me.

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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midnight-rider/682396/62 "2015-03-09T19:21:19Z")

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> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#):
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> [Miller pleads guilty](http://www.wtoc.com/story/28298636/director-of-gregg-allman-film-pleads-guilty-in-train-crash-death-charges-dropped-against-wife).
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> The sentences look awfully lenient to me.

What he did was pretty dumb - criminally so - but it was manslaughter, not murder. For precedent, look to the 2003 Station Nightclub fire and its 100 fatalities, for which [Great White’s band manager](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_nightclub_fire#Biechele_sentencing) was sentenced to four years in prison.

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