A Southern California socialite was found guilty Friday of murder and other charges in the hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers in a crosswalk more than three years ago.
Authorities said Rebecca Grossman, wife of a prominent Los Angeles burn doctor, fatally struck Mark Iskander, 11, and brother Jacob, 8, while speeding behind a car driven by then-lover Scott Erickson, a former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher.
The jury found Grossman guilty on all counts: Two felony counts each of second-degree murder and gross vehicular manslaughter, and one felony count of hit-and-run driving resulting in death. She faces 34 years to life in prison.
She and he can afford very good lawyers, and the state had to make the case watertight against her without damaging their upcoming case against him.
Yes, we know there’s a reason for it. Maybe a justice system that needs a perfect case BEFORE holding rich people accountable… is not a good system.
I would rather it take a long time than too quickly sentence an innocent person.
That is a pathetic stupid false dichotomy. Why is it either a “justice” system that cannot hold the rich accountable, OR a system that murders innocents?
You are just making excuses for them. Stop it.
This is literally a story about her being held accountable. We can, and very nearly do, have one that doesn’t do both.