Jon Corzine - Guilty of Personal and Public Endangerment
We’ve all heard the story behind Corzine’s recent car crash. Unfortunately Corzine was injured… he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and was breaking the law. Whenever one doesn’t wear a seatbelt, they put their own life at risk.
What’s more reprehensible than putting one’s own life at risk is putting others’ lives at risk. Going 91 mph to a speaking engagement is clearly public endangerment - there is no emergency and there is no reason to put countless other lives at risk so the governor can make a speech on time.
Whether it was the trooper chauffeur or Corzine himself, or both, who thought the speed of 91 mph was justified, clearly it wasn’t. As far as I am concerned they are both guilty of public endangerment.