Membro del servizio americano sopravvissuto all’attacco pugnalato di un uomo olandese ha risparmiato la decozione in tribunale marziale per incidente fatale nei Paesi Bassi

Wow what a confusing title. Made more confusing by the ‘airman’ in the article being a women and the crash not being an airplane crash (as I assumed). The TLDR is this person killed someone in traffic, and the victim’s husband retaliated by stabbing her.

A fair decision by the judge. She was found guilty if negligent homicide. 
– it happened in Eindhoven
– She didn’t slow down and yield to a cyclist. Reason unknown
– The cyclist died in hospital
– The widower of the cyclist was overcome with grief 
– The widower stalked and threatened her for months
– the widower  stabbed her a hundred times in retaliation for the death of his wife 
– He later committed suicide
– she spent time in hospital and has psychological trauma as a result of all of this. 
The court took all of that into account when determining the sentence and deciding not to demote. As far as I can see other than the moment at the crossing there was nothing in her actions that demanded the demotion as a punishment. 

This is a tragic accident. Yesterday in Hilversum I saw an old lady miss a young girl on a bike path by centimeters. The old lady was almost crying in the car. She somehow hadn’t seen the girl. It could have been a similar case.