Barleybaby, Tulsa (6/17/2009 12:52:37 PM)

So sad for all involved

Daniel Day Simpson, Edmond (6/17/2009 1:02:42 PM)

When Joffa Kerr did this the Kerr family (of oil fame) paid $5.2 million dollars to the surviving children. The sad thing is now Tausha Dion Borland will play the system like a base fiddle. She will deny responsibility and require an expensive and drawn out trial. In the end I feel they will find her guilty and give her 2 consecutive 21 year jail terms. In the end she will wind up spending the next 1/2 of her life in prison, probably in McLoud at Mable Basset.

Bullhead, Nicut (6/17/2009 1:03:22 PM)

It is sad. It's sad that she has previous DUI type offenses and can't seem to care for her own well being or the innocent victims. Real sad that these families have to live without their loved ones while she continues on in life.

T.B'Ville, Bartlesville (6/17/2009 1:08:36 PM)

She has to know she is going down like the other woman that ran over the 5 people in front of that bar.

GoldenDriller1, Out of State (6/17/2009 1:09:20 PM)

The D.A. did the proper thing by charging the driver.

Graybeard, Tulsa (6/17/2009 1:21:33 PM)

She'll spend the first few weeks of her time in prison going through detoxification from the alcohol.....if she doesn't drink herself to death before the trial and sentencing.
All of this didn't have to happen........if only she would have called a cab or a friend to drive her home. But judgement is so impaired at that level of intoxication. My Dad used to say that you can't talk sense to a drunk or a crazy person......he was right.
So sad.

concernedpapa, Kiefer (6/17/2009 1:33:37 PM)

DDD
What in the name of Pete does you first sentence have to do with anything about this article? Since you already have this case solved can you tell us waht day she will begin her sentence?

Eric, Tulsa (6/17/2009 1:39:05 PM)

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"...Borland pleaded guilty to a driving-while-impaired charge in 2007..."
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This makes me wanna scream "who the h3ll let her back on the road?"

I'm sure if some enterprising reporter dug a bit deeper into the lovely Ms. Borland, that reporter would probably find other indications of intoxicating behavior.
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Of course, energy should not be spent ranting on this worthless piece of ----.
Rather, the family and friends of Voss and Edmonds are in need of help and healing.
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HitAnyKey, Tulsa (6/17/2009 1:41:53 PM)

Any time a bicycle and a car come into contact, the bicycle will lose. These people were doing everything right and they still got run down by a drunk behind the wheel. My heartfelt sympathy to the families of the victims.

Friday, Jenks (6/17/2009 1:49:37 PM)

This just makes me furious! My Dad was killed in 1992 by a drunk driver, the man got 4 years, 2 suspended and only spent 8 months in a half-way house before being released. During his 8 months, he lived better than we did. My father was the sole supporter of our family of six. We struggled financially for a LONG time after he was killed. I say, you get caught driving while drinking or under the influence you should just go straight to prison. If you're too careless or stupid to not get behind the wheel to begin with, it's certainly not going to keep you from doing it again. This woman proves my point. Lock them all up the first time for a LONG TIME! Ugh this makes me sick! You can rob some one, rape them and get more time than if you kill them. Something is seriously wrong with our justice system folks. Just fry this worthless hefer and be done with it!

Cooldaddy, Broken Arrow (6/17/2009 1:53:46 PM)

That bail of $100K was way too low. Should have been at least $.5M.

Officer John, (6/17/2009 1:56:11 PM)

Why not murder? She killed two people while in the process of comitting multiple felonies. That's murder in my book.

T.B'Ville, Bartlesville (6/17/2009 1:57:33 PM)

Friday sorry about your Dad.
If she would have just got caught with some marijuana she would never got bond.

SnowNinja, Tulsa (6/17/2009 2:08:54 PM)

I hope to anything holy that they throw the book, gavel, chair, and anything else they can find at her!

Few Clothes, Austin, TX (6/17/2009 2:12:48 PM)

For some reason, I don't care what they do with her. It still won't bring back the fine citizens who were killed.

Friday, Jenks (6/17/2009 2:13:00 PM)

T.B'ville,

Thank You. I'm sorry to go off on such a rant but I was only 14. I and my family were robbed of so much by someones CARELESS ACT!!! I would love to have been given a baseball bat, 10 minutes alone with the DD and of course my get out of jail free card for what I did to them. I would have swung that bat until I couldn't lift my arms! What's even worse is the man has had 5 similar instances since killing my Dad. He's in prison currently for a 13 year sentence (no telling how long he'll actually serve) for assault and battery, and having a marijauna pipe on him! Really?!?!?! He got more for that crime than repeated DD offenses and KILLING MY DAD!!! Talk about disappointment!

okierose, Glenpool (6/17/2009 2:14:25 PM)

Friday, Jenks (6/17/2009 1:49:37 PM)
'My Dad was killed in 1992 by a drunk driver, the man got 4 years, 2 suspended and only spent 8 months in a half-way house before being released. During his 8 months, he lived better than we did.

I have always wondered why the driver of a vehicle that is DUI and kills one or more people doesn't have to pay restitution to the family of the person(s) the driver killed. Sort of like child support. The last part of Friday's sentence 'he lived better than we did' is why not only jail time is good but paying the family is even better.

out here in the middle, Sand Springs (6/17/2009 2:20:47 PM)

What a moron you are, Skylark. Do you not understand that these people were not riding in the street, but on the shoulder? If this idiot had not hit them, she would have hit someone else. What would you have said then? What if she had struck a kid playing in his yard? Or a guy mowing the lawn? Or YOUR loved one, fixing a flat on the side of the road? Maybe you'd have said, "The only safe place to be is inside your house, where there are no cars."
My friend is a widow today, because her husband went for a run on the Riverparks trail a few years ago. Some idiot ran off Riverside, onto the trail, and plowed into him. He never had a chance.
No, Skylark, there is no safe place to be as long as criminals like Bourland are allowed to drink and drive.
Drinking and driving is the problem, not the victims. Get it?

Friday, Jenks (6/17/2009 2:26:33 PM)

Okierose,

During a meeting at MADD, a few years after my Dad's death, I heard about a judge that ordered a man to write a check every week on Friday (the day he took the victims life), mail it to the family in the amount of $1 so that the DD would never forget what they did. I agree they should have to pay restitution. We got a big nothing for 3 years until it went to trial, then my Dad's life insurance company finally paid us. They were with us in court trying to get our family awarded more $$$ but we settled out of court to prevent having to testify and be shown the graphic photos of my Dad. The sight of him at the viewing, is burned into my memory. I know how horrible my father must have looked before all the stitches/glue. That's something I'll never forget. I hope the DD is haunted by those images of my Dad. I hope he suffers 100 times more than we do but I doubt it!

I've have made it my own personal passion to tell people who drink and then drive what "their kind" has done to me and my family!

How would they feel if I did something so careless and it cost them the person they love most? Sometimes, the people who actually have hearts.... hand over their keys!

ealb757, (6/17/2009 2:39:22 PM)

The reason drunk drivers always receive light sentences is because lawyers make billions of dollars a year off of them. Do the math. If you put a DWI away for 20 years the lawyers can't make any money off them. If the DWI gets six months and gets back on the streets there is a good chance a lawyer can pick up another DWI case from that drunk. Most drunk drivers will have several DWI's over their lifetime. Remember, for the most part lawyers make the laws and they always put themselves first. This also applies to sex offenders. Stop electing lawyers and criminals will be treated as criminals, not as victims.

jess, (6/17/2009 2:44:26 PM)

What is so sad is that the Judicial system lets these folks back on the streets. There should be a mandatory six months in jail for the first offense. That would be very effective. That is exactly what they do in Norway and nobody, I mean nobody, drives after drinking.

Friday, Jenks (6/17/2009 2:45:16 PM)

ealb757-There's really no method to your madness. It's ultimately not the spineless lawyer that sets them free to do it again!

Friday, Jenks (6/17/2009 2:46:50 PM)

I hold no one accountable for the DD actions except for the DD!!! If you feel you need to go somewhere... WALK your happy rearend where ever you so please.... preferably right in front of a train?!

okpaul, Tulsa County (6/17/2009 2:49:11 PM)

ealb757...
Don't forget the DA's office. They only have jobs if they have cases to prosecute. They want them back thru the court systems as well.

Friday, Jenks (6/17/2009 2:53:49 PM)

Any of you care to elect me as DA? I'd be happy to put these low lifes away. I bet every DD is happy I'm not a judge. I'd give them leathal injection in the courtroom! Maybe I should just run for President!