Posted on 05/04/2023 1:05:40 PM PDT by Red Badger
This month, a 10th Circuit Court judge sentenced a Farmington woman who pleaded guilty to killing two pedestrians while driving drunk last April to 14 years in prison, reports Yahoo. After killing them, she laughed, sang, played dumb, and never asked about the victims.
“Our system is based on punishment and rehabilitation,” said Judge Tim Cusack on Thursday as he sentenced Stephanie Melgoza, 24, on two counts of aggravated DUI and two counts of aggravated reckless driving. “I have to balance those two. What is the appropriate punishment in order to deter other people, and what is the rehabilitative quality of the person that’s being sentenced?”
Melgoza pleaded guilty in February to the four felony charges. Four lesser charges were dismissed in exchange for the guilty plea.
According to reports from the East Peoria Police Department, Melgoza struck and killed Andrea Rosewicz, 43, of Avon, Ohio, and Paul Prowant, 55, of Seattle, near the Full Throttle bar in East Peoria.
The Hearing During Thursday’s hearing, Melgoza expressed deep remorse over her decision to drink and drive and the fatal results of that decision.
“I’m so sorry for everything, and I will never, ever commit anything like that again,” she said. “I have not drank since that day. I do not plan on drinking ever again. I want to try to do something positive to make a difference, speak out about this and warn others about the dangers that come with drinking.”
The Night of the Killings
The night of the killings, Ms. Melgoza showed no remorse. She was drunk – 2.64 – but was very concerned about her car and getting to school. She never asked about the victims. it’s shocking.
Watch her reaction that night after killing two people whose families were devastated.
Full Video of the happy killer:
VIDEO AT LINK...................
I love bicycling, but I only do it on bike trails, not public roads. Bicyclists are crazy. I recall some woman thrusting her hand out to the left vertically to signal a left turn, and turning suddenly right in front of me. I was driving to the drug store to get penicillin for my daughter, and my wife was distraught with a seriously sick child. Even on my best day, that cyclist was making a dangerous and illegal maneuver. They drive on the wrong side of the street and routinely run stop signs. They run into the rear of cars at round-abouts (rotaries). They weave into traffic. They ride three abreast. I hate the bad ones.
I’m with you when it comes to riding on trails and not on the road. I’m probably not the best judge of my own riding, but I also assume that the cars do NOT see me!
“Bradley University students organized a vigil to honor Rosewicz and Prowant after their deaths. When her fellow students learned Melgoza was going to be allowed to walk at graduation even after being charged in the fatal crash, they protested.
She was allowed to accept her diploma but removed from the list of students permitted to walk at graduation, The Bradley Scout reported Thursday.” chroniclet.com
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