A Southern California socialite was found guilty Friday of murder and other charges in the hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers in a crosswalk more than three years ago.
Authorities said Rebecca Grossman, wife of a prominent Los Angeles burn doctor, fatally struck Mark Iskander, 11, and brother Jacob, 8, while speeding behind a car driven by then-lover Scott Erickson, a former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher.
The jury found Grossman guilty on all counts: Two felony counts each of second-degree murder and gross vehicular manslaughter, and one felony count of hit-and-run driving resulting in death. She faces 34 years to life in prison.
She faces UP TO 34 years in prison. I guess her sentence will be around 3 years suspended.
The article says “She faces 34 years to life in prison.”
Here in the US I wait until the cars stop on crosswalks that are equipped with red traffic lights. I was blown away the first time visiting Europe where cars stopped when we simply approached a crosswalk.
And it took THREE YEARS for such a simple case?
It’s a case where a pedestrian was killed by a motorist in the US. It’s lucky they even brought a case, much less got a conviction.
It’s a case where a pedestrian was killed by a motorist in the US. It’s lucky they even brought a case, much less got a conviction.
I’d ask for evidence you have to back up the implicit claim that it’s unlikely that someone would recklessly kill a person with a car and actually get charged for, but I know I would just receive downvotes and no actual evidence. This is lemmy, after all, and you’re shitting on America. That’s the only important thing.
“Socialite” = rich person
Money makes court take more time.
She and he can afford very good lawyers, and the state had to make the case watertight against her without damaging their upcoming case against him.
Yes, we know tgere’s a reason for it. Maybe a justice system that needs a perfect case BEFORE holding rich people accountable… is not a good system.
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man they sentencing innocent poor people left and right out here
Yep, and often the wrong one.
That is a pathetic stupid false dichotomy. Why is it either a “justice” system that cannot hold the rich accountable, OR a system that murders innocents?
You are just making excuses for them. Stop it.
What do you suggest, then?
Handing power to adults and not immature children who happen to have gotten old. That’d be a real fucking stellar start. Then let’s stop having Congressman be rich dipshits whos wallstreet portfolios out do the best wallstreet investors by tens of percentages.
Handing power to adults and not immature children who happen to have gotten old. That’d be a real fucking stellar start. Then let’s stop having Congressman be rich dipshits whos wallstreet portfolios out do the best wallstreet investors by tens of percentages.
Imagine typing this out and accusing other people of not acting like adults.
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You are replying to a question about how it took so long, not that it didn’t happen.
Again, stop playing in to the false dichotomy. It’s pathetic.
