I posted this on another forum, but I find myself stunned that Kizzy James was given the sentence of only 15 days in jail, 18 months probation and a suspended drivers license....is it just me that finds this horrific? How can the judge find that a 15 day sentence is sufficient to justify the wreckless taking of a life, then hiding the evidence by taking the car to an auto body shop and then telling the investigators that she didn't hit the kid and leave him to die in the street?!
It's truly a travesty. She may very well not have been at fault, but her actions afterwards are abhorent. It's one thing to accidentally hit a kid and panic. While she absolutely should have stopped to help, you can somewhat understand a feeling of panic. But, her continued efforts at a cover-up are truly shameful.
Quote from: ufrh4 on June 02, 2007, 09:50:27 PM
It's truly a travesty. She may very well not have been at fault, but her actions afterwards are abhorent. It's one thing to accidentally hit a kid and panic. While she absolutely should have stopped to help, you can somewhat understand a feeling of panic. But, her continued efforts at a cover-up are truly shameful.
Yeah, I can appreciate how one would be overwhelmed by panic at hitting someone...but it's the cover up afterwards that really gets me. Although, in all honesty, as much as I can appreciate that sense of panic, how can you drive off to leave anyone, especially a kid, in the street to die?!