lilbobby......"YES I SAW THE MAN GET IN HIS CAR AND DRIVE. I wrote down his plates and called it in but of course nothing happened,"
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How do you know "nothing happened"?

Let's start over lilbobby. I'll make this as simple as I can...for you are obviously confused. I know all about the smoking issues, but this is about the article's title and topic..."drunken driving death". I rererred to your comment: "murder by use of cigarettes".
My first question was (and still is): "What does that have to do with this topic?"

mark 707 Your questions were ignorant, and you must be under a rock if you haven't heard all the debate over the smoking bans. WIheat YES I SAW THE MAN GET IN HIS CAR AND DRIVE. I wrote down his plates and called it in but of course nothing happened, except to Dr. Poorman, I bet her family wishes nothing happened!!

Are you serious? You are all going way off topic in this discussion... which happens frequently on this web site!
This article is about a girl who killed a great professor and her sentence. Have a little respect!

Anyways, this girl deserves a much longer sentence! I cannot believe she only got 4 years! We will never get Dr. Poorman back and it's sad that the future students of UWW will never get to learn from this talented, experienced, and hard working professor simply because some young girl made stupid choices that go way beyond a "mistake".

lilbobby wrote....."I went to a fine restaurant last week with a friend who smokes, we sat across a man and a women. During the hour and a half we were there this man drank 3 mixed drinks and 2 beers, his companion had 2 mixed drinks and a beer. My friend couldn't smoke a cigarette because there is a law protecting this man from possibily inhaling some sencond hand smoke and maybe getting cancer (if he doesn't die from liver failure first). Yet my friend and I, as well as the public out driving, are not protected from this jerk."
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How is it you feel so self righteous to call this guy a "jerk" when all you know about him is that you saw him legally consuming alcohol in a restaurant?
Do you know for a fact that he got behind the wheel and drove while over the limit? For all you know he may live within walking distance or called a cab.

lilbobby,
In regards to my posting about ""murder by use of cigarettes", I asked you three questions.
I made no statements and did not insult you. Your comments such as "Get your head out from under the rock" and "cigs are also a drug, just like booze" only show your meanness and ignorance. NOW I'm insulting you.

Today's Public Record in the Janesville Gazette lists the EIGHTH drunken driving arrest for one man. There is no word about his driving without a license or after revocation or suspension. How can he possibly have a driver's license after SEVEN previous drunken driving arrests?!!

I'm sorry but as the day goes on I get more and more irritated that this women can get away with this. This happens everywhere, daily. Is there no way to stop it? Miss Young murdered an innocent women and she gets what, maybe a year and a half in jail. Where is the justice? I went to a fine restaurant last week with a friend who smokes, we sat across a man and a women. During the hour and a half we were there this man drank 3 mixed drinks and 2 beers, his companion had 2 mixed drinks and a beer. My friend couldn't smoke a cigarette because there is a law protecting this man from possibily inhaling some sencond hand smoke and maybe getting cancer (if he doesn't die from liver failure first). Yet my friend and I, as well as the public out driving, are not protected from this jerk. Something is very wrong with the laws. The lawmakers need to put down thier Gin & Tonics, stop sipping the Brandy and start doing their jobs!

Well then I guess the 11 year old that died because her parents didn't have enough faith is murder by religion. Maybe we should regulate that too? Where do we stop?

To mark707 As for the murder by use of cigs, The masses are so paranoid about second hand smoke killing, they tax at the highest rate, make laws so you can't smoke. So yes there are laws regarding murder by cigaretts. Get your head out from under the rock. I'm using the comparison because cigs are also a drug, just like booze.

lilbobby? "murder by use of cigarettes"???
What does that have to do with this topic?
Has anyone been convicted of that? Is there a law that covers murder by use of cigarettes?

Outstanding comment Lilbobby! My feelings exactly! How dare they only give this girl 4 years. It's obvious she does not realize the severity of her actions,stating she made a "stupid choice"? Unbelieveable! She may feel bad, but this does not in any way change the way Ms. Poorman's family members are able to go on. It's so very hard. Life as they know it changes forever. Something Ms. Young may unfortunately never learn.

Alcohol is a drug, so why isn't it treated like one? More people are killed by this drug than any other, yet it's approved by the masses. Most the lawmakers, judges, and lawyers use this drug so it'll never be treated as coke, herion. How many people murder by use of cigarettes? Yet the law makers put such a high tax on them. Lets put the same tax rate on alcohol and see how many people get killed by drunks. So if your unhappy with a judge, lawyer, neighbor, teacher..... just get a bottle of booze and get behind the wheel of your car and wait for them. Murders by this drug only get a few years and then your free to live without this person you don't like in the way. WAKE UP PEOPLE!! An apple is an apple, and a drug is a drug!

This case brings to mind the story published in the Gazette 2 weeks ago entittled "Driver arrested twice in two nights" about David R. Ambrose, a 6 time DUI offender who killed Alexander R. Munro 14 years ago in one of Ambrose’s early DUI offences. I noted then the following, “. I have noticed that the criminal justice system deals much more harshly with homicide by DUI when it is preceded by numerous DUI convictions”. I re-state it here because it seems so appropriate. I also posted this, “The criminal justice system seems to be too concerned with the wellbeing of the perpetrators that it deals with, showing leniency to those who can bring a dozen friends to court to testify of how nice a guy he really is, or to implore the court to give 'em a break because he's so young, etc. While throwing the book at others for seemingly no other reason than that the convict is unlikable.” I sincerely hope this young woman never drives under the influence again and that she becomes an upstanding citizen, but, I can’t forget the harm she has caused and the life she has taken, and I hope she never does either. I hope the family of Paula Poorman can find it in their hearts to forgive this person, though I know, with this meager justice, that will be hard to do.

So, she loses 4 years of her life....but really. How much time will she have do do? Will she be eligible for early release? In the meantime, the victim's family has to deal with their loss. Pathetic justice.

4 years?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
An underage drunk zipped up on cocaine KILLS someone with her car and all she gets is 4 years? I guess we should be thankfull it was only one person.....

*sigh*

She deserves everything she gets. Dr. Poorman was an awesome psych prof. at Whitewater. samantha says that "she made a stupid choice and put herself in a terrible situation." What about the situation that she putDr. Poormans family, friends, and students in? I think that she should have received a sentence closer to the ten years so that she has plenty of time to understand the severity of her actions. All of the new students at Whitewater will never have the chance to take a course taught by Dr. Poorman and her family will never get to see their loved one again!