{"id":522,"date":"2020-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/after-a-drunk-driving-death-the-power-of-forgiveness-heals\/"},"modified":"2021-07-27T09:57:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T13:57:57","slug":"after-a-drunk-driving-death-the-power-of-forgiveness-heals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/after-a-drunk-driving-death-the-power-of-forgiveness-heals\/","title":{"rendered":"After a Drunk Driving Death, the Power of Forgiveness Heals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps one of the most tragic drunk driving accidents in recent memory involved the simultaneous death of a mother and her two boys, aged 12 and 9.\u00a0 The husband and father of the boys, Mr. Gary Weinstein, was not in the vehicle, and therefore survived the crash that wiped out his family.<\/p>\n<p>The man responsible for the three deaths was driving a Yukon which slammed into the Honda accord occupied by Mr. Weinstein\u2019s family.\u00a0 He was traveling nearly double the speed limit and had bodily alcohol content more than 3 times the legal limit.\u00a0 As a result of his reckless disregard for human life, he was sentenced to 19 \u2013 30 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of his sentence, Mr. Wellinger, the man responsible for the three deaths, was housed in the Oakland County Jail.\u00a0 Shortly after, he was transferred to the custody of the state prison system for assignment to the location where he would serve the balance of his sentence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/after-a-drunk-driving-death-the-power-of-forgiveness-heals\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading After a Drunk Driving Death, the Power of Forgiveness Heals\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps one of the most tragic drunk driving accidents in recent memory involved the simultaneous death of a mother and her two boys, aged 12 and 9.\u00a0 The husband and father of the boys, Mr. Gary Weinstein, was not in the vehicle, and therefore survived the crash that wiped out his family. 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