Even if he gets the max sentence he'll be out in less than ten years, still a relatively young man able to carry on with the rest of his life. This is a travesty. And for what it's worth, I think the victim's family should sue for, and be awarded much more than $50k per count.

Yeah, sue him and his family, but the baseball club and Tamarack too? Come on, what happened to personal responsibility? Dirty lawyers trying to suck every dime out of the legal system. It's the reason no one can afford healthcare anymore!

I assume your speaking about the bartender serving Dietrich, who, in your words, was "obviously drunk". I'm not sticking up for Dietrich, but how do you know he was obviously drunk? Story says he was drinking. I'm only saying this because you sound as though your ready to hang the bartender as well. How do you know he was even sitting inside the clubhouse drinking at the bar? There's some questions here that aren't answered, and can't be by us. I'm sure these type things will surface at the deposition stage and further. And yes, I agree that the baseball club shouldn't have any part of this when the case is reviewed by a judge ether.

If this guy had somehow killed someone before he got in his vehicle, what would his sentence be? You can tell he is a very responsible citizen, because his vehicle was not insured either. When is the legal system going to bring the consequences up to the gravity of the crime? Just because you are drunk when you run over someone, you don't get the sentence a guy would get who is caught with drugs in his car. When you make unwise (stupid) decisions and someone dies because of it, you should get a much stronger sentence. You have affected an extended family, let alone stopped forever, an innocent person who was just out enjoyiing a ride on his cycle. "START SEEING MOTORCYCLES" Of course, this assumes that you can see the dashboard of your 'pick-up truck', let alone the road and other vehicles!!!!!