We've been following the case of Juan Manuel Alvarez, who in 2005 parked his SUV on some commuter train tracks in Los Feliz and caused a wreck that killed eleven people and injured more than 180 others. I had a little trouble fathoming why the trial of this guy had to take more than about twenty minutes.
Alvarez begged for forgiveness and claimed that it hadn't occurred to him that anyone on the train would be injured. Yeah, I can see where you might not think that parking your SUV on train tracks and dousing it in gasoline could possibly do any harm.
Today, a judge sentenced the guy to eleven consecutive life sentences without possibility of parole. His Honor further said he wished he'd been able to just sentence him to prison "forever," as if that would be longer than the sentence that was imposed. Frankly, I'll be very surprised if Alvarez serves out more than eight life sentences even though stupid dies hard.