An illegal immigrant who ran a stop sign in a wreck that killed four people is awaiting deportation to Mexico after completing his 18-month sentence and winning a partial victory on appeal that angered relatives of the victims.
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals ruled the jury that convicted Rufo Martinez, 22, on a felony assault charge and four misdemeanor charges of criminally negligent homicide had returned inconsistent verdicts. The court upheld the misdemeanor charges but struck down the felony charge, instructing the trial judge to reduce the felony conviction to a misdemeanor.
"I'm furious," Jerelene Jackson, mother of one of the victims, told The Huntsville Times in a story Sunday. "They did this and nobody notified us."
It appears that our judicial system is letting us down in this situation. How can this happen? I wish someone could get the judges name and give it to Bill O'Rielly at Fox News.
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