The trial had heard Hill said to a woman who stopped to help after the crash: “I was looking for my drink. I didn’t even see her. What will I get?”

So he's focused on what are the possible consequences for himself when there's a person dying in front of him?

Does this assume you're a white Christian non-queer male?

The chances of going to jail are about 50/50 anyway (less if you kill a minority). And that's not even accounting for wrongful convictions.

18 months probation. If he gets in any trouble during that time, he's doing 12 months. It's a joke. We have the same court rulings every week in Germany and it's just sad at this point.

I remember a truck driver illegally cutting across a supermarket parking lot to avoid a traffic light, killing a kid, getting no punishment other than his license suspended for A SINGLE MONTH and then having the fucking audacity to fight that in appeals.

This page explains it, basically you don't go to prison itself, but you have certain requirements/conditions (stuff like community work) and if you break the terms you might then get sent to actual prison.

Absolutely shocking.

Jeez! UP to 15 days of rehabilitation, that poor guy! I sure hope it will not waste his weekends plans

There are lots of words for it. Criminal negligence, manslaughter, homicidal apathy...

The word is normal.

or possibly put them in the dirt, depending on which one. There's no fixing people who consciously actively work to perpetuate things that kill people.