Tax evasion bigger crime than hit-and-run
July 18, 2024 6:00 am
• Last Updated: July 17, 2024 4:57 pm
On the weekend July 13-14, I read in The Day stories revealing the judicial system’s priority. In one, a man pleads guilty for evading taxes on $1.4M in income. He faces up to five years in prison.
In another report, a driver injures a Stonington police officer and gets three years in prison with five years probation. Then, a former Stonington man charged with a hit-and-run that claimed the life of Gary Piver, received only two years in prison and two years probation. To injure or kill a human gets a lighter sentence than evading taxes.
In my opinion, there is something grossly wrong with the system.
Lorraine Grey
Pawcatuck
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