# Woman who ran down Bennigan's waitress gets 30 years in prison

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**Created:** [July 22, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-ran-down-bennigans-waitress-gets-30-years-in-prison/190164 "2003-07-22T15:55:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-ran-down-bennigans-waitress-gets-30-years-in-prison/190164/101 "2024-05-04T02:32:09Z")

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> [@Zyada](#):
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> That’s what I always thought parole was about - give people an incentive to behave.

Speaking from personal experience, very few prisoners are going to behave based on how it affects their possible parole. That hearing will probably be years in the future and prisoners aren’t generally long term thinkers. You get a lot more effect by taking their tv privileges away for a couple of weeks.

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