her daughters were also saying she's been living with one of them for awhile now, so that they can care for her and be with her at all times. where the f word were they on 8.6.08? such crap. two of my friends saw her driving after the fact as well, though her license was revoked.

she ended up getting a sweeeet plea agreement. she was only convicted of ONE count of vehicular homocide. also, the pending hit and run she was involved with was thrown out with her plea deal. she was initally charged with two counts vehicular homocide and a dui. the shoplifting incident of that day was deemed alleged and never prosecuted.

the most ironic part of the whole thing was the assistant d.a., emma adams, who was initially handling the case. she was pathetic. she was willing to go into mediation almost immediately, despite the severity of the crash, the circumstances leading up to it, and the huge public following and involvement. many people who contacted her for more information or to protest the mediation got a really pathetic canned response from her... she was basically telling everyone they didn't have all the facts and that her case load was overwhelming for her. what a baby! so, last month, she was at a downtown bar celebrating a case and drives home drunk and crashes her car!

http://www.gazette.com/news/deputy-5...ended-4th.html

no wonder she was so willing to cut barbara thomas a deal! she obviously has no qualms with drunk driving! the replacement assistant d.a. jim bentley did the best he could, in such a short time.