Jim Leyritz charged with DUI homicide

[MadJack]

Report: Leyritz charged with DUI homicideFormer major leaguer Jim Leyritz, who played the hero in the Yankees' 1996 World Series run, is in Broward County's Main Jail, charged with DUI homicide after a Friday morning crash in Fort Lauderdale, the Miami Herald reported on its Web site.


Jim Leyritz was being held on $11,000 bond in Broward County. (Thesmokinggun.com)
Leyritz was involved in a car accident early Friday morning in Fort Lauderdale. According to WPLG-Channel 10, Leyritz struck a car in the heart of Fort Lauderdale's Himmarshee Street bar district, and a passenger in the car Leyritz allegedly hit was ejected from the car and died at the scene.

Leyritz refused a sobriety test, WPLG-Channel 10 reported, citing police.

Leyritz was charged with two counts of drunken driving, including DUI that causes death to a human, the Herald reported, citing the jail's Web site.

Leyritz, who turned 44 on Thursday, played 11 seasons for the Yankees, Angels, Rangers, Red Sox, Padres and Dodgers. For his career, he batted .264.

Leyritz is best remembered for his 8th-inning, game-tying three-run home run in Game 4 of the 1996 World Series against the Atlanta Braves. The Yankees went on to win that game in extra innings, and won the Series four games to two.

In 2006, Leyritz admitted to using amphetamines after shoulder surgery in 2001.

 

[freelancc]

:nooo: :nooo:

 

[3 Seconds]

:mj17:

Hope he rots in jail.

 

[DR STRANGELOVE]

:sadwave: :sadwave:

 

[MadJack]

:sadwave: :sadwave:

i bet he doesn't do time.

he sure fuked up this time though.

 

[yyz]

Happy Birthday!

 

[SixFive]

I'm always glad to see you drinkers talking about hotel rooms, cabs, etc. arrangements. That makes me feel like you are responsible and won't pull bs like this.

 

[RexBudler]

Starting here in Cali on the 1st of the New Year, there will be under no circumstances DUI Manslaughters, they will now be charged with Murder.

 

[Dr. Fade]

i bet he doesn't do time.

he sure fuked up this time though.

I disagree. He will do time. Probably not much more than Vick- which is ridiculous.

 

[3 Seconds]

Leonard Little did he do time? I dont think so...& he killed a lady while DUI

 

[MadJack]

Leonard Little did he do time? I dont think so...& he killed a lady while DUI

In the manslaughter case, Little completed his 90-day jail sentence, 1,000 hours of community service and four years probation in 2002. But attorney John Kilo, who handled the wrongful-death lawsuit against Little for the Gutweiler family, noted that state law was amended in 2001 to allow for persistent offender prosecution.

 

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90 days for killing someone & destroying a family, yet you get a 10 year sentence for having some LSD on you.

That is a crime in itself. The legislatures that came up with that one should do some hard time.

 

[maverick2112]

Somehow the government and others realized how much money could be made for locking up so many people on drug charges for such a long time.........

Notice what a big $$$$$$ business prisons have become in the last 15 years not to mention all the money made on rehab clinics...........

The whole system is out of whack............

 

[2muchchalk]

Somehow the government and others realized how much money could be made for locking up so many people on drug charges for such a long time.........

Notice what a big $$$$$$ business prisons have become in the last 15 years not to mention all the money made on rehab clinics...........

The whole system is out of whack............

THe state and taxpayers LOSE TONS OF MONEY when they send someone to jail. I am not exactly sure the number but it is more than most ppl make in a year.

Instead of busting some guys bal
ls for smoking a joint, they should be trying to clamp down on crimes they effect other ppl. DUI, Fraud, hard drugs...etc

 

[yyz]

Notice what a big $$$$$$ business prisons have become in the last 15 years ............

What the helll are you smoking?

 

[saint]

Notice what a big $$$$$$ business prisons have become in the last 15 years not to mention all the money made on rehab clinics...........

It's a late entry, but this probably makes my top 3 most retarded madjacks statements of 2007.

 

[maverick2112]

2muchchalk,saint and yyz.................

This is one of the reasons I dont spend a lot of time arguing with people like you guys who dont do any research but are ready to criticize at will........

If you really want to debate this topic this read this book..........

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en...ts=HraMoZDIb0&sig=0OCs9-JMk8D1_vAkfTXCHMkq_0k

"This reader introduces the student to prison management. Particular interest is given the increased role of profit in the application of punishment. Profit and prison privatization are viewed within their larger context. As such, public and private prison operations are compared. Part of this comparison takes place through situating each sector upon an ideological continuum. This placement helps indicate the direction being taken by the contemporary prison. It further reveals that tomorrow's prisons may be less driven by traditional objectives and more driven by the notions of profit and efficiency."

Like I said Privatization of prison systems have become a big business..................

 

[maverick2112]

It's a late entry, but this probably makes my top 3 most retarded madjacks statements of 2007.

Yes its late and you need to do your research before you use the word "retarded"...........

or people may think you are...............

 

[maverick2112]

THe state and taxpayers LOSE TONS OF MONEY when they send someone to jail. I am not exactly sure the number but it is more than most ppl make in a year.

Instead of busting some guys bal
ls for smoking a joint, they should be trying to clamp down on crimes they effect other ppl. DUI, Fraud, hard drugs...etc

Corporations and private companies make millions yearly off taxpayers thru state and federal funded programs...........so this is nothing new........I never said taxpayers were not losing tons of money...........I said prisons have become big business...........

 

[maverick2112]

Another great article proving my point........written in 2000

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=867


What is the most profitable industry in America? Weapons, oil and computer technology all offer high rates of return, but there is probably no sector of the economy so abloom with money as the privately run prison industry.

Consider the growth of the Corrections Corporation of America, the industry leader whose stock price has climbed from $8 a share in 1992 to about $30 today and whose revenue rose by 81 per cent in 1995 alone. Investors in Wackenhut Corrections Corp. have enjoyed an average return of 18 per cent during the past five years and the company is rated by Forbes as one of the top 200 small businesses in the country. At Esmor, another big private prison contractor, revenues have soared from $4.6 million in 1990 to more than $25 million in 1995.

Ten years ago there were just five privately-run prisons in the country, housing a population of 2,000. Today nearly a score of private firms run more than 100 prisons with about 62,000 beds. That's still less than five per cent of the total market but the industry is expanding fast, with the number of private prison beds expected to grow to 360,000 during the next decade.

2muchchalk,yyz and saint..............

Look forward to your comments...................:shrug: