The news story about a car careering over tents at a campsite in Wales got me thinking about this.
Obviously we don't know if there will be criminal charges or the outcome in this particular case. But witnesses have said the car was going at a crazy speed, way over the limit before overturning. It seems it was pure luck that no one has been killed. There was a baby in a cot in one of the tents that was run over for gods sake.
It got me thinking that in cases like this where it is genuinely pure luck that this didn't result in multiple deaths, should the legal system take the 'luck' element into account when sentencing?