Jury convicts Southern California socialite in 2020 hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers
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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.
And it took THREE YEARS for such a simple case?
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 there's a reason for it. Maybe a justice system that needs a perfect case BEFORE holding rich people accountable... is not a good system.
"Socialite" = rich person
Money makes court take more time.
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.
Adding insult to injury (or death), 60% of the 238 motorists found to be at fault or suspected of a crime in the death of a pedestrian faced no criminal charges. When drivers did face criminal charges, punishment was often light. Even more confounding, licenses were rarely suspended. Of those few people who were charged with a crime, less than 60% had their driving privileges suspended or revoked for even one day. 40% of those convicted faced no more than a day in jail.
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.
Which part of Europe? Try that in the southern parts of Italy or in most of Romania, you’ll be amazed at the speed they blow past pedestrians crossing when it’s since long red for cara and green for the pedestrians…