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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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This story is disgusting. Believe me, if someone kills anyone in my family, and justice is not served, well, justice is a dish that is best served cold....it is very cold 6-feet underground.



You are one sick person!


No, what is sick is 1. the person committing a crime of murder. 2. the justice system failing the victim and the victim's family. 3. weak-kneed individuals, namely politicians, who do nothing to change the system that allow for b.s. of that type to happen.

Sometimes, you gotta do what you gotta do.
The judge failed these victims in this matter. The jury should have been directed to find EITHER he knew what he was doing was reckless and was guilty of a felony, OR he didn't know what he was doing was reckless and was guilty of a misdemeanor. Obviously, the judge improperly charged the jury.

Since judges are either appointed or elected (municipal are appointed, district and circuit are elected) getting them out of office will involve some campaigning for or against a politician on someone's part.

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