MsFacetious
What a Kerfuffle...
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A Marietta mother may serve more time than the driver who hit and killed her 4-year-old son.
She was jaywalking. There wasn't a crosswalk for a half a mile.
Convicted of:
Homicide by vehicle in the second degree
Crossing roadway elsewhere than at crosswalk
Reckless conduct
No reduction in charges.
Faces 3 years when sentenced July 26th.
The driver who admitted hitting the child pled guilty to hit-and-run and served a 6-month sentence.
He had two previous hit and run convictions, had been drinking, was on painkillers and was blind in one eye.
Originally charged with:
Hit and run
First degree homicide by vehicle
Cruelty to children.
Charges were reduced to just the hit and run charge.
http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/pedestrian-convicted-of-vehicular-1014879.html
During the hearing, Nelson claimed she and her children were waiting on the median to cross the busy four-lane road when her son ran out into traffic.
Residents at the family's apartment block have long complained that the road is dangerous, saying the nearest crosswalk is half-a-mile away.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-crossed-road-wrong-place--died-hit-run.html
No, they didn't put in another cross walk closer for those who are wondering the obvious.
She was jaywalking. There wasn't a crosswalk for a half a mile.
Convicted of:
Homicide by vehicle in the second degree
Crossing roadway elsewhere than at crosswalk
Reckless conduct
No reduction in charges.
Faces 3 years when sentenced July 26th.
The driver who admitted hitting the child pled guilty to hit-and-run and served a 6-month sentence.
He had two previous hit and run convictions, had been drinking, was on painkillers and was blind in one eye.
Originally charged with:
Hit and run
First degree homicide by vehicle
Cruelty to children.
Charges were reduced to just the hit and run charge.
http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/pedestrian-convicted-of-vehicular-1014879.html
During the hearing, Nelson claimed she and her children were waiting on the median to cross the busy four-lane road when her son ran out into traffic.
Residents at the family's apartment block have long complained that the road is dangerous, saying the nearest crosswalk is half-a-mile away.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-crossed-road-wrong-place--died-hit-run.html
No, they didn't put in another cross walk closer for those who are wondering the obvious.