Trial under way in alleged gang-related ramming of SUV that killed teen

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Joe Penkala doesn't remember a single thing about that steamy August night in 2009, but he still carries the scars.
The 23-year-old can't recall even being behind the wheel of an SUV, let alone getting lost on the darkened streets of Chicago's West Side with seven friends from the west suburbs packed inside. He also doesn't remember the purple minivan suddenly ramming them from behind or the horrific impact with the light pole. He could not say how the vehicle flipped, bodies flew and one of his friends, Stephanie Herrera, was killed. Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-suv-rammed-murder-trial-20120209,0,7840277.story

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If nobody had died, nobody would be tried for murder. It's not right if someone tries to kill, but out of sheer luck, fails, and is tried for a lesser charge than murder as a result.

I say if somebody attempts to kill people yet fails, they should still be tried for murder. It's the intent that I look at.
 
I hate it when I hear about somebody either attempting or succeeding at killing another on purpose and getting less than life in prison. Why should they get a second chance at life if the victim of the murder doesn't, or if the victim of an attempted murder was supposed to die in the eyes of the attempted murderer?
 
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