Rebecca Grossman sentenced to 15 years to life in hit-and-run

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MORE THAN THREE YEARS AGO SENTENCED TO MORE THAN A DECADE IN PRISON BUT THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAY SHE SHOWED LITTLE REMORSE AND GOT OFF EASY. >> TONIGHT, A SHRED OF CLOSURE FOR A LOS ANGELES AREA FAMILY STILL IN MOURNING. >> REMEMBER THEM. >> 11-YEAR-OLD MARK AND 8-YEAR OLD JACOB ISKANDER MORE THAN THREE YEARS AGO. THE CAR DRIVEN BY WOULD BE SOCIALITE REBECCA GROSSMAN WHO PROSECUTORS HAVE SAID WAS SPEEDING BEHIND HER THEN ROMANTIC PARTNER, FORMER L.A. DODGERS PITCHER SCOTT ERICKSON. SHE FOUNDED THE GROSSMAN BURN FOUNDATION , A PHILANTHROPIC ARM OF HER HUSBAND PETER'S BURN CENTER, A JURY CONVICTED GROSSMAN IN FEBRUARY AND NOW A JUDGE SENTENCING HER TO 15 YEARS TO LIFE BUT THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAY SHE SHOWED LITTLE REMORSE. >> I AM SORRY FOR WHAT I DID. SHE ONLY SAID I AM SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. THAT IS NOT AN APOLOGY. >> THERE WILL NEVER BE JUSTICE. EVERY TIME I GO TO THE HOUSE -- >> REBECCA GROSSMAN'S LAWYERS DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RETURN THE REQUEST FOR COMMENT BUT IN A LETTER TO THE JUDGE, GROSSMAN WROTE , I AM NOT A MURDERER, SAYING SHE DID NOT SEE ANYTHING IN THE ROAD AND WOULD HAVE DRIVEN MY CAR INTO A TREE TO AVOID HITTING TWO LITTLE BOYS. PROSECUTORS SAY GROSSMAN GOT A LIFE SENTENCE. >> WE ARE DISAPPOINTED TODAY. WE DON'T THINK THE SENTENCE WAS APPROPRIATE. >> THE JUDGE SOUGHT 34 YEARS TO LIFE. >> THERE WERE TWO CHILDREN WHO WERE MURDERED AND EFFECTIVELY THE SENTENCE THAT MS. GROSSMAN RECEIVED EFFECTIVELY REFLECTED ONE MURDER AND NOT THAT. >> THE YOUNG BOY'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS NOW TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE SENTENCE. >> SHE GOT UP EASY AND THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT. I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT MARK AND JACOB WERE TRUE ANGELS AND THEY WERE PERFECT. >> THERE WERE NOT ANY CAMERAS ALLOWED INSIDE THE COURTROOM BUT SOME REPORTERS WHO WERE INSIDE SAY THERE IS A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE WHO GAVE VICTIM STATEMENTS AT THE SENTENCING AND DURING THIS PROCESS, GROSSMAN APPARENTLY BROKE DOWN IN TEARS, SHAKING HER HEAD AS PERSON AFTER PERSON SHARED THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT THAT THIS HORRIFIC TRAGEDY HAS TAKEN. IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ONE THOUGHT THAT CAME OUT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE TRIAL AND SENTENCING WAS THAT BOTH OF THOSE YOUNG BOYS WERE STANDING IN A MARKED CROSSWALK WHEN THEY
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Channel: NBC News
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Length: 2min 42sec (162 seconds)
Published: Wed Jun 12 2024
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