What's Wrong with Us in Nashville

I read today about a Mississippi driver, Kevin Dwayne Hammonds. He was sentenced to serve 18 of his 25 year sentence for a crash in which he INJURED another person.

A blood test after the crash in 2014 showed Kelly Dwayne Hammons, 45, had cocaine, methamphetamine, propoxyphene (Darvocet) and carisoprodol (Soma) in his system, District Attorney Joel Smith said Tuesday.

Circuit Judge Chris Schmidt sentenced Hammons on Monday in Harrison County Circuit Court. Hammons pleaded guilty to driving under the influence causing bodily injury.

Schmidt suspended seven years of Hammon's 25-year prison term, leaving 18 years to serve in prison.

Go back a couple of posts on this site and you will see that a driver in Nashville going the wrong way on the Interstate killed a person and got one year to serve.

The math says: 18 years to injure in Mississippi and 1 year to kill in Nashville.

Are lives more valuable in Mississippi than here?

Read about the Mississippi case at:

http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article54259485.html