Erik Derijks lost his 2-year-old daughter and his parents in 2013. A year later, the driver who killed them received his sentence: 120 hours of community service and one year without a license. That was what made a man stand up right in the Roermond courtroom and throw a chair at the judge handling the case. 😤
The court argued that, although the driver was speeding, there was no evidence of “reckless driving” under article 5 of Dutch traffic law. A legal distinction that, for many, amounts to saying that three lives are worth less than a serious fine. Others point out that the judges applied exactly what the law allows — and that changing that is up to parliament, not the court. 🌍
Can technical justice coexist with moral justice? Or does this case prove that the system needs to change? 👇