HyperSprite

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http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_15845089

There is more at the Merc link but the gist of it:
Two San Jose men receive maximum sentences in street racing death

Two San Jose men received maximum sentences Friday for a brief street race on a suburban street that caused the death of 20-year-old Alyson Snow when one of the men smashed into the rear of her Volkswagen Jetta....
Emmanuel Pourmand, 22, was sentenced to 9 years in prison by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Philip P. Pennypacker, who said both men showed a lack of empathy. The judge sentenced 19-year-old Joseph Inocencio, who instigated the race, to six years and eight months in prison.
The two men did not know each other. Inocencio was leaving a 7-Eleven store on Pearl Avenue when he spotted Pourmand speeding in a "very fast" Nissan 350Z. Inocencio told police he thought he could catch up to the Nissan and "began chasing it in his BMW" up Pearl and onto Branham Lane.....
At the moment of impact, the investigation revealed that Pourmand's orange Nissan 350Z was going a minimum of 74 mph, according to court records. Inocencio's speed was calculated between 85 and 92 mph at the beginning of the collision sequence. Twenty seconds into the race, Pourmand lost control of his car and smashed into Snow's Jetta. Then Inocencio lost control and crashed....
According to court records, Pourmand claimed he was driving 40 mph, which he believed to be "under the speed limit" on Branham Lane, to a friend's house to watch a movie. He denied to officers that he was speeding and said he never races. He later claimed that Snow's death was her own fault.

I don't know if we will ever know if Pourmand thought he was actually racing of just driving fast when Inocencio caught up with him, he probably was. I guess that does not even matter at this point, he got 9 years in prison. So is the moral of this story don't drive fast near anyone? or If someone drives up to you quickly, slow down so you can't be confused with a racer?

datsunHEAD

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one thing I dont understand is how does someone lose control over the Z?unexperienced maybe?i couldnt lose control of this thing even if I tried, but my condolences goes out to there family

xzotklr

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"Pourmand claimed he was driving 40 mph, which he believed to be "under the speed limit" on Branham Lane, to a friend's house to watch a movie. He denied to officers that he was speeding and said he never races. He later claimed that Snow's death was her own fault."

Pretty heartless thing to say!!! Probably why that mf got so much time!!

inqui-Z-tor

Hmmm .. 9years / 6years-8months (respectively) for taking a "life"?

Presuming they actually serve the entire time ..

Should have at least lost driving privledges for 2x (18 years / 13yrs-4mos) too ...??

Cali-Darkness

iTrader: (35)

Not enough time IMO... Judge should have done minimum 15 years

ITOzann

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that's it???? WTF

JOMZSHAKES

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Man down...
-must be a nightmare for the driver

bboypuertoroc

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Those two are ****ing idiots.

scotts300

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2 blocks from my house, how sad and stupid. It's only a 3-lane road for less than 1 mile after that intersection in either direction. I presume they went towards Narvaez from the 7/11, which includes cresting a small hill that goes over highway 87. Maybe she was in the blind spot on the other side of the hill and was changing lanes when they approached her at 80mph and hit her.

BornSlippyZ

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Too short of jail time IMO, but hopefully there is a civil suit waiting for those jerks.

Patsfan83

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Yeah 9 years is def. not enough and why would the other guy attempt to 'catch up' to the 350Z? Idiots.

Hey 1 less Z out there! Suck on that depreciation!

I kid!

sonoriansZ

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i should visit him in jail and ask him if his parting out his Z. lol