“This was not reckless driving. This was murder,” the judge said before she read out Mackenzie Shirilla’s verdict Monday afternoon.

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    Murder is a felony, so I believe you have to serve 80% of a sentence before being able to be eligible for parole

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      The bullshit sentences are the ones we mainly hear about, and many people have a bit of a confirmation bias because of it. But, you don’t have to look further than your own community to see that slaps on the wrist are not typical.

      US citizens are the most incarcerated people on Earth, by an uncomfortable margin.

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        It’d likely the families of those she killed will be at every single parole hearing kicking up a fuss.

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          It’s possible that this wasn’t intentional if her intention was to put her bf in the hospital, not literally kill him. But at 100 mph I doubt it.

          Though I could see a psychotic 17 year old not thinking it through and assuming the boyfriend would survive, albeit crippled.