'Hell on wheels': Teen convicted of crashing car at 100 mph, killing boyfriend and friend
'Hell on wheels': Teen convicted of crashing car at 100 mph, killing boyfriend and friend

'Hell on wheels': Teen convicted of crashing car at 100 mph, killing boyfriend and friend

“This was not reckless driving. This was murder,” the judge said before she read out Mackenzie Shirilla's verdict Monday afternoon.
The reason why they say this was murder:
This isn't a drunk driver, or a thrillseeker, this is someone with murderous intent.
Considering she was unconscious as well, sounds like it was a murder/suicide attempt.
Sounds more like a mental health issue tbh...
I agree 100 percent this is a child with some kind of inability to understand the consequences of her actions she should be placed in a care facility until she demonstrates the ability to make proper decision making ability
In most US jurisdictions if you're "just" trying to commit a felony, like purposely crashing your car at 100+ MPH (160+ KPH) to cause grievous bodily harm to others, and someone dies as a result that's automatically elevated to murder.
It'll depend on the jurisdiction. But 'intent' for murder does not mean "pre-planned". Heat of the moment intention to do serious harm is enough for a murder conviction in the UK (and, I believe, the US).
In this case, the prosecution accused her of pre-planning as well as intent, and the jury agreed with one or both arguments.
Murder laws can vary by country.
She murdered two people with the intent to at least cause significant harm. That's enough on the state she was in, thank God. She deserves life in prison.
Sounds more like a suicide/self harm thing to me.
When you include an unconsenting person in the attempt, it is also murder.
It sounds much more like an abusive relationship. She was trying to punish him, regardless of the risk to herself.
If you attempt to kill yourself and take other people with you, it's commonly called murder/suicide. Killing people with intent is usually murder.
A woman kills family then kills self. Is it murder?!!!! Oh. No, just self-harm.
If you're trying to kill others along with you, it's not just suicide, it's also murder.
This is why suicidal people are dangerous, it's a relatively small change from killing yourself, to killing others.