https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni0YLzQqHPc

As you may know, the news was recently consumed with the shocking release video on the confession of Matthew Cordle, a 22 year old man, who struck and killed Vincent Canzani while drunk driving on June 22nd 2013. During his 3 ½ minute long confession video, Matthew conveyed a powerful and influential message on accepting consequences based upon your actions. Within his video, Matthew did the unexpected. He directly confessed to killing a 61 year old man while being under the heavy influence of alcohol. He did not attempt to bring up excuses for his deadly actions on that tragic night; he simply openly stated that he is guilty and that he will take full responsibility for what he had done and the justice that will come. Initially, Matthew starts the video with his face blurred and his voice disguised. His intention was to show to the public that he had the opportunity to do the cowardly thing; simply lie and avoid any responsibility for the death of Vincent Canzani. However, he did not choice this path. Instead, roughly half way through the video, Matthew’s face finally becomes un-blurred, revealing the true person that was accountable for the fatal accident. With the conclusion of the video, Matthew begged whomever that is watching the video to not make the same mistakes that he made. Even though it was too late to take back his careless actions, it is not too late for another individual to evade a tragic incident that can be easily avoided.

-Maurice Studer