Roger Avary Tweets Hello From Ventura County Jail
Roger Avary's first Tweet as an incarcerated man hit the Web this afternoon, four days after the writer-director checked into the Ventura County Jail to begin his one-year sentence for felony manslaughter. "The building is an imposing example of the Brutalist architectural movement," Avary wrote. "The windows are designed so as to not let too much light in." Not that he's necessarily tweeting from the jail yard, however. Avary's clean record prior to his DUI accident last year -- which killed a passenger in his vehicle -- made him eligible for work-furlough: He's out working on projects during the day, and back by curfew for a night in his cell. So for all we know he's just starting another one of his Twitterplays or describing Harvey Weinstein's office. [Twitter]
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Wow. Inappropriate much?
The man KILLED one woman, and almost killed his wife with his drunken driving.
He deserves to be incarcerated for far longer than a year, and certainly shouldn't be given such cutesy attention on your or anyone else's part.
Sickening.
^^ what Steve said!
Nope, that's the law for DUI in California and probably the rest of the U.S, ridiculously light sentences (if they see jail time at all). I wish it were different, but that's why so many people DUI/DWI repeatedly. There's no real danger that they are going to do serious time, so why reform?
I know the teenager who killed my uncle is probably never even going to be arrested, much less go to prison.
That's a pretty simplistic understanding of the penal system and its problems. These days, jails are reserved for abhorrent, violent criminals, and Roger Avary is not one. Also, what do you think: the judge is an idiot? Read the linked story. Even the prosecutor essentially agreed with the sentencing considering all of Avary's circumstances. The guy does a lot for underprivileged groups, and the victim got in the car with him likely knowing Avary was intoxicated. That's an important factor. He's also paying restitution.
It's not a cut-and-dry, toss-him-in-the-slammer-and-lose-the-key kind of case. It really, truly isn't.
Fascinating. I'll be following those tweets for sure!
Uh...Steve is it?
a) A man died you tard.
b) stfu
Its called an accident.
Ask yourself what you'd do if you just shelled out four and a half million in a civil suit and were looking down the barrel of another possible five in legal fees and even if you won your family faced poverty....or you could suck it up and plead guilty and take the lesser sentence (assuming you'd lost) and tough it out.
What would you do, Steve?
Oh...feel free to substitute wife with life partner if it helps.
One of my favorite lines from the David Lynch movie is "I'm a manslaughterer, baby."
Some of the above comments help illustrate why justice should be handled by the impartial.
-=TT=-
Response to Tom re: justice by the impartial. Right on. It's Polanski Redux with the Perpetually Outraged in heat as ever.
Thanks to Avary's writing partner, Scientologist and idiot Neil Gaiman who couldn't resist exposing Avary on his blog, there will be no more tweets. Now Avary is doing real time not sissy time. Avary's tweets read like a disgusting yuppie who doesn't seem to understand that a man is dead because of him. And ditto on Gaiman, what a pair of jerks.