Mom Who Was Convicted in Her Son’s Jaywalking Death Opts For New Trial
From Yahoo:
Raquel Nelson was convicted of homicide by vehicle and reckless conduct by a jury and faces sentencing today.
At the sentencing, Judge Kathryn Tanksley gave Nelson probation, community service and the chance to opt for a new trial.
AJC.com reports that Nelson will seek a new trial in an attempt to clear her record.
“I think to come after me so much harder than they did him is a slap in the face because this will never end for me,” she said. “It’s three years away from the two that I have left.”
From AJC:
She and her three children were trying to cross four-lane Austell Road to their apartment after getting off a Cobb Community Transit bus.
A.J. was struck by a car and killed. The mother and her younger daughter suffered minor injuries, while her older daughter was not hurt.
Jerry L. Guy, the driver who admitted hitting A.J. when he pleaded guilty to hit-and-run, served six months in jail, despite having been convicted in 1997 of a similar offense. He was released in October and will serve the remainder of his five-year sentence on probation.
Should she have faced jail time in the first place? Was it fair for her to go to trial?
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