Posted on 04/23/2026 11:34:26 AM PDT by Morgana
A Las Vegas woman who mowed down a young father with her Tesla as he was crossing the street has begged his family for forgiveness in court.
Karen Cannon, 64, left pedestrian Patrick Deloria for dead after she struck him with her Tesla Model Y on May 13 last year and drove off.
She pled guilty to one count each of reckless driving resulting in death and attempt duty to stop at the scene of a crash involving death in January, court records show.
Cannon appeared in court for her sentencing hearing on Wednesday and sobbed as she asked Deloria's widow and family for forgiveness.
'It's unfortunate, I didn't mean for this to happen. I'm so sorry,' she cried, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. 'Please forgive me, please.'
His family, who were seated in the courtroom gallery, shouted back: 'No.'
Deloria, 32, was crossing a busy intersection when Cannon cut off another vehicle and hit him at speeds of around 66mph, an arrest warrant said.
The impact of the collision sent him flying approximately 155 feet into the air. Paramedics rushed to help, but Deloria was pronounced dead at the scene.
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I agree with the prior post: she never repented. She lied about hitting a coyote. She deleted all video that proved her manslaughter. She obstructed justice at every turn. She deserve NO forgiveness. It is time for her to suffer in prison for a long time. Hopefully, after a while the family will feel she has suffered enough and will find it in their hearts to forgive.
It is a throwback to the days of real reporters.
In China she could be executed, due to that coverup. They also execute executives and bureaucrats for massive fraud. This is one thing they get right. T
and thus promote an antichristian ideology of unforgiveness.
A few thoughts.
1) We are to forgive IF there is repentance. Not to forgive just because one has worldly sorrow. Was this repentance or worldly sorrow?
2) It is better if there is repentance and forgiveness, that they are complete but that seldom happens
3) Just because there is repentance and forgiveness doesn’t mean there are no consequences.
That's for God to judge ... “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Meanwhile, she has been tried, convicted, and sentenced ... I may not agree with the severity of the sentence, but it is done.
Carrying a grudge against those who have wronged me isn't worth the trouble. Best to consign them to God's mercy and justice, and work on bettering my life. It's hard to do ... Satan is right there, hissing "Yesssss ... let the hate flow through you ...." Tell that old snake to begone. Jesus, I trust in you.
Forgiveness and repentance have a strong association.
One without the other makes the transaction incomplete. Most often you do not get both. But BOTH are important with God, many like the forgiveness from God, but have never repented.
You have referenced the forgiveness part, but I suggest you read more on the repentance part.
2Co 7:10 For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
Luk_17:3 So watch yourselves! “If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive.
I have a sister named “Karen”. Thankfully, she is nothing like the Karens you see so often on video.
This girl wasn’t remorseful until the time came for her to pay the price for her crimes. And even then, she was only sorry that she was caught.
You can let it go. I have done so and stayed away from that offender, letting him fail on his own, without me.
Sometimes outliving such a person can be all the difference. No more threat of harm from him to me or loved ones.
I agree with your take, sir.
Agree.
Moreover, 3 to 8 years sentence it’s too short.
Indeed.
“hit the gas?”
The sinner must acknowledge/confess their sin, then
The sinner must ask for forgiveness from the one they wronged for what the sinner did to them, then
The sinner must atone -- including face the conseqences -- for their sin.
It is important to consider that the one who is asked for their forgiveness can only forgive the sinner for what the sinner did to them; not for what the sinner did to anyone else. For example, in the case of a murder the victim's mother can offer forgiveness for the pain and suffering and loss the murderer caused to her; she cannot, however, the murderer for the murder itself. Only the murdered victim -- or God, of course -- can do that, on the basic principle that you cannot forgive someone for what they did to someone else.
I probably should have read the article first.
Next time, for sure!
“It is pertinent in this case. Besides the forementioned cameras recording everything, Teslas and EVs in general are much quieter, and they they accelerate very quickly. That information does not exculpate the perp, but it helps us get a clearer picture of what happened. “
It supplies no more evidence and only leads to some speculation of what MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED. You can imagine what you want. I’ll stick with evidence. The woman, not the car, drove speeding through the intersection after cutting another drive off - end of the EVIDENCE.
Hard as we humans may think, forgiveness. GOD says WE MUST FORGIVE, to be forgiven. Charley’s wife did just that, she forgave Charley’s killer. Hard to do. But each must come to a hard decision, but you must forgive.
GOD says WE MUST FORGIVE, to be forgiven.
I have done that, friend. GOD says we must forgive. That is a given. I will believe my Bible, you believe what you get out of it.
Showing remorse may help mitigate her sentence.
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