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**His affair was with his ''clerk.'' The most powerful man in the world necking with one of their own employees is kind of tacky and makes for questionable consent.
* In California the Vehicle Code states that there is an implied crosswalk at any public access driveway, so it shouldn't be jaywalking if you cross next to where a store's driveway lets out onto the street.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131106070156/http://hypervocal.com/news/2011/georgia-mom-convicted-of-vehicular-homicide-for-not-using-crosswalk/ The case of Raquel Nelson], who elected to jaywalk from the bus stop to reach home across the street, as opposed to walking over half a mile, burdened with bags of groceries while keeping track her three tired young children, to cross through nearest painted crosswalk.<ref>Georgia roads are infamously unfriendly to pedestrians, bicyclists, and basically anyone not in a high-speed vehicle</ref> A drunk driver<ref>who is also partially blind, took pain meds, and has a history of DUI</ref> hit the group, killing her son. The kicker? ''She gets convicted of second-degree vehicular homicide, reckless conduct, and yes, jaywalking!'' '''''She doesn't even own a car!!''''' The drunk driver, who was on his third DUI accident, plead out<ref>He was originally charged with it and run, first degree homicide by vehicle and cruelty to children.</ref> and served a mere 6 months for ''hit-and-run'' (with the rest of the 5-year sentence on probation), while she gets 36 months! [https://web.archive.org/web/20111224121149/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43896116/ns/today-today_people/t/mom-thankful-no-jail-sons-jaywalking-death
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