Lest we forget.....

[Rhys Benjamin]

All our idols and role models who gave their lives. I have set up this topic to pay homage to Ayrton Senna, who died at 1:17 BST this afternoon 17 years ago in Italy thanks to a steering column failure*. 1 person was eventually convicted of manslaughter, but since the verdict was delivered after the maximum sentence in Italy, he escaped prison.

Words cannot express.

[Charlie Reams]

1 person was eventually convicted of manslaughter, but since the verdict was delivered after the maximum sentence in Italy, he escaped prison.

That's the statute of limitations, not the maximum sentence.

[Rhys Benjamin]

The verdict was delivered in 2007. The accident was in 1994. The maximum sentence was 3 years, 4 months.

[Charlie Reams]

The verdict was delivered in 2007. The accident was in 1994. The maximum sentence was 3 years, 4 months.

That may well be the case, but you don't avoid prison if the sentence is less than the time since the crime. You avoid prison if the verdict is delivered after the statute of limitations, which it was.