http://rutlandherald.com/article/20140214/NEWS02/702149945
Published February 14, 2014 in the Rutland Herald Woman makes plea deal in fatal crash By ERIC FRANCIS CORRESPONDENT WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Springfield woman pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Thursday in the death of another motorist on Route 106 in North Springfield two years ago. Ling Wang, 50, stood between her husband and her defense attorney in White River Junction criminal court and accepted a reduced charge of misdemeanor negligent operation in the crash that killed Nicki Farren, 48, on Feb. 23, 2012. The state also dismissed a prescription fraud case stemming from an incident three days before the fatal crash. Wang allegedly tried to obtain a regulated blood-thinning drug with a faked prescription, but State’s Attorney Michael Kainen said Wang suffers from a “serious delusional disorder” and it would be difficult to prove criminal intent. Wang is a Chinese national and Kainen said the state did not want to trigger federal deportation proceeding with a case that would not hold up “by reason of insanity.” “Judging a person who has lived here as long as she has to be insane and then causing that person’s removal from the country would be kind of a cruel result,” the prosecutor said. In the fatal crash, Wang’s original charge was felony gross negligent operation with a fatality resulting. The state reduced it to a misdemeanor charge after reviewing the evidence of crash reconstruction experts and a psychiatrist’s report. Kainen said it became clear that the case did not meet the standard for the original charge. A computer chip in Wang’s car showed that she was driving 64 mph when she went into a curve in a 40 mph zone. She couldn’t stay in her own lane, court records state, and she crashed into Farren head-on in the other lane. The plea deal struck Thursday calls for a sentence of three to 12 months with all but 30 days suspended. The agreement also calls for five years of probation, during which Wang cannot drive. The judge is not bound by the agreement and can impose more jail time or none at all. Kainen said the Department of Mental Health is actively pursuing a “non-hospitalization order” which would allow Wang to live at home but also require her to take prescribed psychiatric medications and refrain from driving.
talk to the mother of the woman who was murdered; it would be a different verdict if the judge's daughter had been the victim;. there is no justice in VT courts for the innocent; this killer should be put away forever, preferably deported; what would her sentence be in China? I love VT but the bleeding hearts are ruining our home!
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ReplyDeletebetter yet, she should sent to China to be tried. This is a complete travisty
Michael Kainen, great job your picking up right where Bobby Sand left off. NOT DOING YOUR JOB! Have a trail some day, hold yourself accountable you bum. Unbelievable this poor family gets no justice for this women's reckless behavior. Windsor County vote this clown out, 3-12 months probation for one of your loved ones, that's all they see anyone is worth? I would be beside myself if I was a grieving family member of this victim. They should all be ashamed of themselves.
ReplyDeleteIt would appear that the woman's “serious delusional disorder” is quite contagious.
ReplyDeleteMurder and drug dealing? No problem, set them free to do it again.
ReplyDeleteWe should deport any time we can. We are not the refuge of every fake victim.
Unacceptable administration of justice. Clearly, Kainen is profoundly incompetent at prosecuting those that put all of us at risk. Whether it be this travesty or the masses of drug dealers destroying our community.
ReplyDeleteI can think of no better candidate for recall election.
There is more justice is for the criminals than the victims today. We need to get all the bleeding hearts out of our system.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the Politically Correct procedure would have been to proceed with the felony trial. The prosecutor apparently believes the verdict would have probably been - Not guilty by reason of insanity. It seems unlikely that such a result would satisfy the relatives of the victim - nor would it result in deportation. Still, allowing the wheels of justice to roll to a conclusion would have been the way I would have gone, if I'd had a say.
ReplyDeleteNot too many people on this thread seem to realize that one of the main purposes of the law is to prevent blood feuds. When there is no law, the only justice recognized is that of an eye for an eye.
DeleteIn some cultures, the Springfield victims would murder the woman or another family member in revenge, then that family would retaliate, and it would be Hatfields and McCoys for generations.
But when people agree that the law is supreme, they will stifle their lust for revenge when they feel that the case has been pursued to the fullest extent.
A friend of mine who had had his child kidnapped and killed felt that the police chief had failed in his duty by prejudice against him. When he contemplated killing the chief, I had to point out to him that if he did so, his child's case would be forgotten in the publicity about his arrest, trial and conviction. He let the law take its ponderous course.
Those who are gruntled about this case need remember only one thing: Michael Kainen will be up for election, either this fall or next.