cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16402340
California socialite Rebecca Grossman sentenced to 15 to life for killing 2 kids in crosswalk
A wealthy California woman who co-founded a burn center foundation in the Los Angeles area was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Monday for the hit-and-run killings of two children while they were in a crosswalk more than three years ago.
Rebecca Grossman was speeding when she struck and killed Mark Iskander, 11, and his brother Jacob, 8, while they were in a crosswalk in the Los Angeles-area city of Westlake Village on Sept. 29, 2020.
“The loss of these two innocent lives has devastated their family and our community. Ms. Grossman’s blatant disregard for human life is a stark reminder of the grave consequences of irresponsible behavior behind the wheel,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement.
A jury convicted Grossman in February on two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one count of hit-and-run driving resulting in death.
15 years (which she probably won’t serve) doesn’t feel like accountability. It feels like a slap in the face.
If the kids were on bikes instead of on a crosswalk it would have been much less. If you want to kill someone, do it with a car.
Don’t forgot to be “fearful for your life”
Works with guns too btw
15 years ago was 2009. Minecraft has been out for 15 years and a month. It’s a long, long, long time for someone who didn’t actually intend to become a killer that day. It’s also not going to serve as a deterrent for anyone.
I’d agree with the sentence (or preferably even less time) if she hadn’t tried to run afterwards. It’s one thing to make a terrible mistake and own up to it. It’s another thing entirely to try to get away with it. Especially considering these were two kids. Fuck her.
As someone who views prison as rehabilitative and not punitive, I could not disagree more.