“I perceive that the ache on this room needs me to impose the harshest sentence,” decide Russo started
Mackenzie Shirilla, who was 17 when she drove 100 mph right into a brick wall killing her two passengers, has been given two life sentences to be served concurrently after she was discovered responsible of a number of counts of homicide.
The now 19-year-old will serve a minimal of 15 years behind bars, with Decide Nancy Margaret Russo stating she believes the parole board will lengthen the size of Shirilla’s time in jail.
The sentencing got here Monday afternoon in Cleveland, Ohio, with court docket room cameras capturing the younger girl showing distraught as her crimes and their punishments have been learn aloud.
Household of the 2 victims urged decide Russo to order the 2 life sentences to be consecutive — with Shirilla serving a most of 30 years to life.
“I perceive that the ache on this room needs me to impose the harshest sentence,” the decide stated. “However I do not consider that may be an applicable sentence, as a result of I do consider that Mackenzie won’t be out in 15 years.”
Shirilla was charged on 4 counts of homicide, 4 counts of felonious assault, aggravated vehicular murder, drug possession, and possessing prison instruments within the July 2022 deaths of Dominic Russo, 20, and Davion Flanagan, 19.
Final week, she was discovered responsible of all counts in a Cuyahoga County Court docket of Widespread Pleas.
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