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'Hell on wheels': Teen convicted of crashing car at 100 mph, killing boyfriend and friend (www.nbcnews.com)

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“This was not reckless driving. This was murder,” the judge said before she read out Mackenzie Shirilla's verdict Monday afternoon.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It'll depend on the jurisdiction. But 'intent' for murder does not mean "pre-planned". Heat of the moment intention to do serious harm is enough for a murder conviction in the UK (and, I believe, the US).

In this case, the prosecution accused her of pre-planning as well as intent, and the jury agreed with one or both arguments.

Russo, the judge, delivered a scalding description of the case before she read out the verdict, saying Shirilla had a "mission" she executed with "precision" that fateful day — and "the mission was death."

“The [crash] video clearly shows the purpose and intent of the defendant. She chose a course of death and destruction that day,” Russo said.

“She morphs from a responsible driver to literal hell on wheels as she makes her way down the street,” Russo said, saying Shirilla made a calculated decision to drive that morning, when not many people would be around, on an obscure route she did not routinely take.

Prosecutor Michael O’Malley told NBC affiliate WKYC of Cleveland that the crash video was damning, saying, “The intent was obvious upon seeing that video that there was only one goal.”