A Southern California socialite has been found guilty of murder and other charges in the hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers in a crosswalk more than three years ago.

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.

  • TurtleJoe@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    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.

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
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      9 months ago

      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.