Drug-abuse counselor gets 25 years for DUI with corpse on windshield
LOS ANGELES A California substance-abuse counselor who hit a man with her car and drove two miles with his body embedded in her windshield was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison.
So she kills a person, and is given life? She should be executed swiftly and painfully, perhaps by driving a car into her.
Sherri Lynn Wilkins had pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and two drunken driving counts.
This "no contest" plea is a bad thing, and should have never been invented. If you're guilty of a crime, then you're guilty whether you think you are or not.
Wilkins, 55, had been found guilty at a 2014 trial on similar charges but an appeals court last year threw out the conviction because her entire criminal history had been admitted at trial and could have prejudiced the jury.
There shouldn't have been a jury. What, is the judge incapable of doing his job? A jury only removes the responsibility from passing judgment, which makes it easier for people to pass judgment without worrying about the consequences of their verdicts.
She had received the stiffer sentence of 55 years to life before her appeal.
Prosecutors then refiled charges and Wilkins pleaded no contest.
In 2012, Wilkins was a substance-abuse counselor and was driving home through Torrance when she hit and killed 31-year-old Phillip Moreno.
So, basically negligent murder? She should be executed.
She drove more than two miles with his half-naked body embedded in the windshield and his upper body face down on the hood before other drivers confronted her at a stoplight, according to court records.
Wilkins told them that Moreno seemed to jump in front of the car. He died at a hospital.
Any money she possesses (banks, wallet, etc) should go to the victim's family to pay for medical bills and to compensate them.
Wilkins drank three shots of vodka and a beer in her car before driving, but the defense argued there hadn't been enough time for her blood-alcohol level to exceed the legal limit of .08.
Investigators said Wilkins' blood-alcohol level was about twice that limit 1½ hours after the crash.
Wilkins should be executed for murder. How much alcohol she had in her system is irrelevant.
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