Politics & Government

Question of the Day: DWI Killer?

Did a Plainview man spend enough time in state prison after killing a Suffolk cop?

The Plainview man who drove drunk and killed Glen Ciano is free.

Jose Borbon could have spent up to 10 years in prison. His original sentence was for up to four years. He spent two years and eight months imprisoned, all but nine months of which was spent in a county jail awaiting trial and sentencing.

Do you think that represents justice?

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If you made the laws, how much time does someone deserve to spend behind bars when he takes a life in a drunken driving crash?

While emotionally gripping, there is another side.

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Can anyone defend the relatively short sentence? Is something else at stake in this case from a legal perspective?

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