ags: MLB, Jayson Werth, Washington Nationals
FAIRFAX, Va. -- Washington Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth was convicted Friday of reckless driving and sentenced to 10 days in jail for driving his Porsche over 100 mph on the Capital Beltway earlier this year.
I bet you not one person in fifty convicted of driving barely over 100 MPH ever receive more than even one day in jail, much less ten.
Of course Virginia is notorious for being exceedingly harsh on speeders, a state where doing 60 in a 55 MPH zone will routinely get you a ticket, whereas in most states you get a 10 MPH cushion.
I have to confess that I have be caught doing well over 100 MPH and by well over I mean 130+ MPH on multiple occasions, and I have never spent more than overnight in jail for my sins. The fines of course were significant, but never was I actually sentenced to jail, except as time served for the couple of times that I had to spend the night in jail when arrested.
I think he may be getting an unduly harsh sentence because of his celebrity status, I do however doubt his claims of doing "only 90" are true. It wouldn't surprise me that with a decent lawyer he won't be seeing the inside of a jail cell unless he has the bad sense to go "push his luck" again.
and would probably be reduced to day or so, will probably get time served if he had to spend the night in jail that night, and will get off by going on probation and doing some community service.
Fairfax County is terrible with these sentencing and Loudoun is even worse, and I've lived in both.
-- Modified on 12/8/2014 8:57:56 AM