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Edward Lake, 49, was found dead on June 20, seven years after his three children were killed after a drunk driver slammed into their grandparents car

The drunk driver, Marco Muzzo, is the heir to a billion dollar construction empire and served just four years before being released on parole

At the time of his sentencing, Edward told the court that he suffered with suicidal thoughts following the deaths of his children

On Father's Day, Lake's wife, Jennifer Neville-Lake posted a photo of her children's tombstones and said: 'Father's day. This shouldn't be real. It can't be'

Before her husband's suicide, she told a parole board hearing for Muzzo that she had attempted to take her own life in the wake of the crash

Edward Lake, 49, was found dead on June 20, seven years after his three children were killed after a drunk driver slammed into their grandparents car The drunk driver, Marco Muzzo, is the heir to a billion dollar construction empire and served just four years before being released on parole At the time of his sentencing, Edward told the court that he suffered with suicidal thoughts following the deaths of his children On Father's Day, Lake's wife, Jennifer Neville-Lake posted a photo of her children's tombstones and said: 'Father's day. This shouldn't be real. It can't be' Before her husband's suicide, she told a parole board hearing for Muzzo that she had attempted to take her own life in the wake of the crash

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Put yourself in that man's shoes along with the rest of the extended family: An adult child of a billionaire family who's been spoiled more than any common American can imagine, basically got away with killing THREE children (and possibly their grandparents) - not one child, not two kids. BUT ALL THREE OF YOUR CHILDREN. You've spent your life savings on lawyers to fight this case - and possibly life savings of some of your extended family members - yet it'll NEVER COME CLOSE TO THE LEGAL POWER OF A BILLIONAIRE FAMILY. AND no matter how heartfelt AND heart wrenching your sob story is, it doesn't compare to the power of the almighty dollar, which the billionaire family obviously had to sway the court & judge's opinion in this case - which also led to the suicide of the father who knew he was fucked no matter how hard he tried to plead his case - And justice was BARELY served. Everything about this story is completely fucked up.

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I followed this story closely when it happened several years ago. Muzzo has already been released from jail, btw.

Let's not forget that Muzzo had just come back from his bachelor party in Florida after getting shitfaced, kept drunk on the private jet ride back to Ontario, then drove his sports car somewhere after leaving the airport to have a few more drinks, and THEN blew past the stop sign on his way home. This wasn't like a rare hidden stop sign accident. He had so many opportunities to say "shit I'm pretty drunk, maybe I should call the family limo to take me home this time". Instead he said "fuck it, I do what I want cause daddy is rich and powerful".

His lawyers managed to get pre-sentence jail time counted as 1.5x days served. This is common already in the U.S. but Canada started shifting away from this habit many years ago, instead counting a day for a day. The case was delayed for some time, allowing him to serve that higher rate longer than normal, i.e. a benefit that most Canadians don't get.

His family then pleaded to keep the sentence small, reminding the judge and the community that their family construction business routinely donates a lot of money to local organizations. The resulting sentence, combined with his pre-time-served, and whatever other deals that must have been made behind closed doors, allowed him to be released after just a few years.

ALSO, the victim father who off'd himself was tazed by police just one day earlier due to an "altercation", despite the officers already having been informed of the guy's family history. Funny how that detail is missing from the daily mail's report. https://globalnews.ca/news/8941076/edward-lake-tasered-arrested-before-death-by-suicide/

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TFA left a lot of that out -- you're right.

So, how much time does a normal guy serve for murdering a few people in a DD accident? In some US states, you can be charged with murder for that. The article didn't make a good case for why this would be a justice issue. Probably b/c Daily Mail

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hard to find a 1:1 comparison, but several years ago an immigrant truck driver ran a stop sign and killed a bus full kids on their way to play hockey. He wasn't drinking, just missed the stop sign. 29 charges, no plea deal, 8 yr sentence and now he's being deported.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-despite-his-horrific-mistake-the-driver-in-the-humboldt-broncos-bus/

More recently, a guy high as a kite blew through a stop sign and killed a mother and her three daughters. He got a 17 yr sentence but he had repeat traffic violations and was driving on suspended license at the time:

https://globalnews.ca/news/8838170/ontario-driver-sentencing-crash-woman-three-daughters/

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Yeah it is. No way he could even get close to the billionaire to avenge the death, you lost your genetic line, yeah, it's understandable.

His wife was still alive though, now alone.

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You've spent your life savings on lawyers to fight this case - and possibly life savings of some of your extended family members - yet it'll NEVER COME CLOSE TO THE LEGAL POWER OF A BILLIONAIRE FAMILY.

Why would you? It's the government's job to prosecute the criminal case, which they did. The victim family only has to file a civil suit if they want to. Which I'm guessing would be settled for more money than they spent pursuing it, but I didn't get that either way from TFA