I don't get it, isn't the dude supposed to be sentenced based on his crime and not his actions afterwards?

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jC-5mkxddsdwxCN5_DwfLq3RqPmwD920TQK00

Kind of reminds me of this case http://www.wfsb.com/news/14586093/detail.html

Hattie, do you know either of these dudes? He's about our age. That's people think dudes our age are wreckless but these are exceptions

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