SEVEN, HULU, AND WHEREVER YOU STREAM. SHE WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR HITTING TWO YOUNG BROTHERS WITH HER CAR, KILLING THEM. TODAY, REBECCA GROSSMAN ASKED A JUDGE FOR A NEW TRIAL. >> EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER SID GARCIA IS LIVE AT THE COURTHOUSE IN VAN NUYS TO TELL US WHAT THAT JUDGE DECIDED. SID >> GUYS, A WEEK FROM TODAY, REBECCA GROSSMAN IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED ON THOSE MURDER CONVICTIONS. TODAY, HER LEGAL TEAM ASKED THE JUDGE FOR A NEW TRIAL. THE JUDGE SAID NO. REBECCA GROSSMAN SUPPORTERS LEFT THE VAN NUYS COURTHOUSE, INCLUDING HER TWO CHILDREN, DISAPPOINTED THAT THE JUDGE DENIED HER ATTORNEYS ATTEMPT TO GET A NEW TRIAL LEAD ATTORNEY IN HER NEW LEGAL TEAM. JAMES SPERTUS SAYS WHILE DISAPPOINTED, HE ACCEPTS THE JUDGE'S RULING. >> I BELIEVE THE COURT WENT AN EXTRA MILE TO MAKE IT CLEAR HOW DIFFICULT THE DECISION WAS TODAY. TODAY, WHETHER THERE WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT MISS GROSSMAN EFFECTIVELY INTENDED TO KILL PEOPLE. THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE AT TRIAL. >> GROSSMAN'S LEGAL TEAM TRIED TO CONVINCE THE JUDGE THAT SHE SHOULD GET A NEW TRIAL, BASED ON WHAT THEY CALLED THE LACK OF EVIDENCE THAT SHE INTENTIONALLY SPED THROUGH A WESTLAKE VILLAGE CROSSWALK, KILLING THE TWO BOYS. IT WAS SEPTEMBER 2020 WHEN REBECCA GROSSMAN SPED THROUGH THE CROSSWALK, KILLING MARK AND JACOB ISKANDER. THEY WERE 11 AND EIGHT AT THE TIME. SHE WAS CONVICTED ON ALL FIVE COUNTS, INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN FEBRUARY. THE ISKANDAR'S. THE BOY'S PARENTS WERE NOT HERE FOR TODAY'S HEARING, BUT THEIR SUPPORTERS WERE. >> AFTER ALMOST FOUR YEARS, BE OUT OF THIS COURT SYSTEM AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF HEALING AND DOING GOOD DEEDS, AND MARK AND JACOB'S NAME. >> SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONDAY. NANCY AND KAREEM ISKANDER, WE'RE TOLD, WILL BE GIVING VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS. WILL REBECCA GROSSMAN HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? >> I THINK THE SENTENCING WILL BE A DAY WHERE SHE'S FINALLY ALLOWED TO COMMUNICATE HER DEVASTATION OVER WHAT HAPPENED AND HER ROLE IN IT. >> REBECCA GROSSMAN, WHEN SHE'S SENTENCED NEXT WEEK, FACES
