Drunk-driving defendant sentenced to 50 years for crash that killed 3
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ต.ค. 2019
- Two years after a drunk-driving crash killed the Felipek family, defendant Amber Perera learned her fate.
Hillsborough Judge Christopher Sabella took the bench as a packed courtroom hung on his every word. He reminded Perera of a jailhouse comment she made about her life being ruined. "Yes ma'am, your life is ruined. But you also ruined a lot of lives and ended three lives."
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You know that you're screwed when your defense is fighting for 20 years.
rigghttt like 50 years?? FOR THREE LIVES?? what in the world
@@darina4117 right? id expect more like 240 years, you know, 80 (about one life) for each person?
@@phantom3969 they prolly think it is an 'accident' and she didn't mean to which is bs cause she was intoxicated and careless she killed a CHILD and two adults
@@darina4117 And that is crap! A person making the choice to drive drunk chooses their convenience over everyone else's safety. It is a sick level of selfishness and should be punished accordingly.
I was thinking this same comment lol
Instead of paying $20 for an Uber she's paying 50 years of her life🤦♀️.
I'm sure she'll be thinking that constantly for the next 50 years
Prob will snitch there and get multiple stabbed to death, or rope
Depend how far you live it's more than $20
OMG YES.
@@josefigueroa4712 Even if it was $100 to $1000 it's better than killing 3 innocent people, plus the next 50 years behind bars. Chances are it could have been free and she would have turned it down...... we all know people that would bc they think they are fine to drive, until they get a DUI or God forbid something like this happens. She ruined her life when all it would have taken was a phone call. I hope she likes small windows.
That fathers words are heartbreaking. Poor man I hope he finds some sort of peace while he is still alive.
He lost a beautiful family to this drunken idiot. A beautiful daughter, his granddaughter, and son in law. I can't even imagine the pain he has gone through.
He lost a grandchild too 😢
I just wanted to hug him as he talked. Poor guy, he didn't deserve what happened to his family.
I recently found out Michael Cirrani passed away in October 2022. May he rest in peace. ✝️
@@mattwoods8292 That's so sad. May he rest in peace.
She’s complaining that her life is ruined in front of the family of the person she killed.
Let that sink in for a second…..
TIMES UP, BATMAN
She made that comment while in jail. They said so in the video.
The most bewildering part is 93 people thumbed that comment up. @@TheDarkLasombra
She was coding the judge
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This should be shown to every teen getting their license.
CodingCrusader1095
I agree.
But if you say that out loud, you‘ll get shunned.
Michael Schaumburg
You need to be told/shown not to drive drunk as soon as you get your license...so that you don‘t drive drunk EVER, even as a grown woman.
@Michael Schaumburg Nah man. I tell my friend all the time, don't talk to me if you drink and drive. It's why I rag on people who drink everyday. I want them to not kill people just trying to get home, I know my mom wouldn't want me drinking and driving so I should expect the same from her.
Michael Schaumburg My mom doesn’t deserve to live if she drives drunk
Michael Schaumburg
Drinking and driving is gambling with other people‘s lives. It‘s like playing Russian roulette with people that don‘t want to play.
Just because nothing happened the first 2 times you did it, doesn‘t make it any less severe of a crime.
Here‘s how I would do it:
1. offence: license revoked for 1 year and 1 year probation
2. offence: license permanently revoked and 5 years in prison
I can guarantee you that drunk driving accidents will go down drastically!
Don’t drink and drive and you will never go through this. I’d rather learn from other people’s mistakes.
Hell yeah lol. Imagine back in the day before modern forensic technology and camera systems being everywhere. There's probably plenty of older people that are alive today that got away with hit and runs, murder and other crimes even back in the 80s but more so 70s and before.
Absolutely, I agree with you 💯%
yeah but you can drink drive your entire life and never have a problem
Marijuana is a billion times better/safer
Learning from other people's mistakes is one thing but not enough people are smart enough to do so. At some point she probably was around other drunk and most likely heard drunk stories like this and now she has her own story. This story will replay in her head for the rest of her life. Learn your lessons and guide others to a better path🙏
It's amazing how many drunk drivers live while their victims die
It definitely has something to do with the drunkenness
It's physics.
“Just her not being happy everyday brings joy to me”
Damn 🥶
Yeah, that was brutal 😳
@@janisejones6426As was killing three people in a car crash
Could'nt blame them, since drunk driving is the most irresponsible decision a person can make.
I can understand
That's called being human.
She's crying not cause she killed 3 innocent people, she's crying cause she's going to jail.
who wouldve thought killing people would end end with some consequences?
yes i was saying that to myself out loud!
You have to put yourself in their position. I'm not defending her, but when your own life doesn't matter and you do things that are self destructing there's a posibility that you don't realize that you're putting other peoples lives in danger. Humans have a tendancy to try to survive and when life in prison is knocking, you body goes into survival mode and you can't help but think about yourself because you first need to get yourself out of danger. I'm not a drunk driver or drunkered, but I think this might be the case. I'm also don't have any degrees on this subject lol. But it's easy to hate and want to kill the person who took innocent lives while they themselves are suffering from self loathing and addiction to excessive alcohol. Just something I wanted to point out.
Blightlotus I couldn’t agree more
Bruh
She has the audacity to say her life is ruined? OMG! What a selfish, unremorseful sad excuse for a human being. She turns my stomach. 🤮
What’s to be expected from someone who fled the scene & left the Felipak family to bleed & burn? She has no accountability & 50 years will only hopefully change that. God forgives. She needs to find him with her full heart & accept responsibility for the lives she demolished in a moment or recklessness.
oh shut up@@lastcallbartendingla8849
You do the crime, you do the time. If you have a problem with that, don’t talk to me, talk to our government.
@@ytv6770 You defend murderers ....Pathetic.
@@ytv6770 Don't speak for everyone in Europe! I'm from UK, I think it absolutely sucks when a nasty piece of work gets a chance to enter back into society and live a life when they have brutally ended another or multiple. Rehabilitation should exist fro sure, But not for those that don't deserve it! Not just killers, But nasty pieces of work in general getting weak ass sentences for awful crimes... The justice system is a joke! In my country anyways.
She deserves every minute of her fifty-year sentence.
She should have gotten life without parole, !!!
By the grace of God their go probably everyone here vets commenting. How many times have each and every person who commented drove under the influence😮
@@LifeisshortseeNever, Not once. Not drunk, not buzzed, not tipsy. I drink, I don’t drive. Period. I don’t know if this was a first timer but if so this seems overly harsh. Yes, I know people died. Still.
I never understand how the drunk driver always survives.
To suffer
Body is relaxed from being drunk.
They survive because of the alcohol
You don’t hear about it as much when the drunk driver dies because there’s no one to convict
@@AlexRodriguez-oo9yu they still report the crashes on the news if they're severe or death occurred....
Man I drove to a bar when I was 22. Got buzzed and thought: "I'm not sure I'm OK to drive."
Called a Taxi because Lyft an Uber weren't around at the time. Got home. Woke up the next morning. Walked to the Bar to retrieve my car. (5 blocks away) and went and got pancakes at IHOP. Freedom. It's great.
Jaysus. I made this comment a year ago. Why did it blow up?
Responsibility is the best
Comfy
Thank you
a lesson for all, makes me realise that people who drink and drive do it for selfish reasons. When I was young we used to take in turns to be the nominated driver so our mates could drink and one would be sober to drive. Not much of a sacrifice.
You lived 5 blocks away. That's easy. Now imagine if you lived 10 miles away. Walking home suddenly isn't an option anymore.
So she said her life is ruined. This demonstrates that she is only thinking of herself and not the lives she took.
I had a terrible drinking problem. This video reminds me how lucky I was to avoid hurting anybody. Suffering my consequences issues by the state is brutal. However I thank God daily the Angels helped me avoid tragedy. Just celebrated (quietly) two years sobriety March 23, 2023. Killing or injuring anyone would have crushed me. Thank you Dear God for ending my addictions before real tragedy struck. Thank God. 🙏 my heart goes out to everyone, even the guilty ones.
Well done man good luck for the future as Henry Ford once said..weather you think you can or think you can't either way you are right,...good luck man❤
Thank the good Lord for the strength and courage you had to give up the poison. You are so much better off now. GOD bless.👉
Keep it up..
@@troypakura272 thank you Troy!
@@roberthuot7887 thank you Robert!
Isn't it ironic how the drunk driver is always the one that survives???
i think because the front of a vehicle is the strongest. unless a drunk driver can ram another vehicle using the side of their vehicle.
@@-that_guy-1674 actually it is because when you are drunk your body does not tense up when your hit which makes you a lot less vulnerable to damage rather then when you do tense up when your sober. Thats why in a ton of drunk driving incidents the person survives. In my home town some drunk dude crashed into some trees going 120 and literally walked out of the car after with only some scratches. And recently with the Raiders, Henry Ruggs was going 150 something and I believe hit the person her killed around 127 mph he had non life threatening injuries. Its a very weird and interesting science if you look into it, of course it is terrible and tragic when someone innocent is hurt or even killed when it happens.
@@brothadj194 Never thought of it from a scientific standpoint.....I just figured it is bad luck that the innocent victim typically dies....makes sense.
@@brothadj194 well, this is sad because it tells people that booze will increase their chances of survival. It reminds me of "Flight" film with Denzel Washington, where through being a drunk pilot he keeps his calm and saves the plane while his sober copilot freaks out. It just sends people a wrong message.
Right its insane, the drunk person always comes out of a horrific crash with only scratches.
The drunk driver never dies. It's always the innocent family
Yeah i hear its because your body is relaxed when inebriated. So you dont tense up.
@@happyhopehuber it also slows your entire system including heart and lungs so you bleed out slower
This is good info and the reason I always drive drunk
@@masattac not funny
@@masattac Nice that 3 people are dead and you think it is funny.
A friend of mine lost her only child, a twenty year old daughter, to a drunk driver. She had to serve to avoid him, went off-road and crashed into a barn where the roof collapsed and crushed her to death. He only got five years.
Sorrry for ur loss alcohol the deadly poison
What did she serve him with, ????
To nutindoin, you know what she meant. Grow up.
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He healed me From my Incurable Sickness 💯
and he can heal you too!Seeking the Living God Wholeheartedly in prayer he will ALways Reveal himself to you ❤🙏i Promise you! Jesus is ALways faithful to his Promises:100
and Diligently is soo Powerful! Jesus saved me from Death i could have died many times because of the Devils traps! he is a Good Loving God who came to give his life on the Cross in exchange for our sinful life!!!We MUST Separate ourself from sin to meet God!:100 he is a Holy God!But he LOVES US SOO MUCH he Gave HIS OWN LIFE for us!!Thats Gods Love for you (: Jesus Christ your God and Creator TOOK a BULLET For your life EVEN your BESTFRIEND did not take a Bullet for your life!Don't believe the Devil who is the Ruler over This World
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the problem with her is if you let her out, she’ll repeat the exact same thing..
This girl literally destroyed everything that man worked for. Had a daughter who found an amazing husband and had a grandchild. Now they are all gone
that was the wife's father not the husband's.
@@DzekoVelez hes saying, that old man, had a son who got married and then gave him a grandchild.
@@trashuogaming3330 the old man was the wifes father.
@@DzekoVelez ohhhhh, ok my bad
Haha sorry that for sure sounded like a riddle my b🤣
*Kills 3 people including an 8 year old girl*
“Omg my life is ruined!”
@Boss omg hi pfp twin
Her life isn't ruined.
Well regardless she's gonna have a reaction lol it's human
@@theincompleteskeptic8079 I'd say it is
Yep
I just got my driving license today and I got this in my recommendations, this feels like a warning
Congrats! And yes, please be safe!
@@tylerthepianoman4686 thank you and I will be careful, I promise
Definitely let it be a warning. God bless 🙏🙏😂
I'll make sure to steer clear of you 😄
Tots congrats ! Now remember - NEVER EVER have more than 10 beers if your driving ! Unless you drive real slow, and even then not more than 12. :)
She didn't shed one tear for her victims, but then she cried when she heard her sentence. That says it all, what a horrible person.
How do you know any of that from that clip? This was a long time after it happened, she may have cried rivers for the victims.
@@joachimb5721 Who cares. The facts we know: she killed 3 people and ruined many more lives, she attempted to flee and hide evidence, she said in a jailhouse call, _"my_ life is ruined". Nobody is going to sympathise with her.
My heart sank literally as I watched that elderly gentleman express his grief😞......and yet sure enough I can't even pretend to know the true extent of his unfathomable pain, agony & heartbreak; the unbearable loss coupled with the crippling sense of sheer helplessness he must be experiencing every living moment of life ever since!!😢
If he won't forgive he won't experience any healing. Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die.
“ Slapped her with 50 years” this reporter from the hood
ダークスカイGio it’s a joke.
ダークスカイGio boy you lame as hell I come from the trenches so I can say that you moron and t do your homework tell his dumb ass again
ダークスカイGio bitch who broke you arguing on TH-cam get yo money up
😂😂😂😂
Anton Payne jr u a liar
She didn't cry when listening to the victim's statements, she cried when she heard her own sentence. Tells you all you need to know right there. Well done, judge.
alot of people tho. Me, I'm not crying for random people. Only for my friends, family and myself. Why would she need to cry for them? She didnt know them.
Sam Lung bro she literally killed those people that’s not some random people’s death that you don’t know. she was responsible for their deaths that’s a lot for someone to deal with and if she isn’t bothered by it then somethings wrong with her
Sam Lung She saw them die. She witnessed the blood and the suffering. This wasn’t some abstract thing to her.
@@samlung2724 they are not "some random people" to her, wtf are you tlaking about
She drank and drove, do you really think she cares? She obviously doesn't care about herself let alone other people.
Imagine doing 50yrs in prison and still wake up in hell
She obviously doesn’t care if you forgive her or not, she’s only concerned with herself.
Ok... and you know that from what? This short, edited clip?
Imagine if you just called a cab instead of driving home drunk, No one’s life is ruined.
That's something everyone has and will think but that's for all accidents...
imagine the $$ & liver you save if U don’t drink!!
For all the talk about banning so-called "assault rifles", statistically speaking I'm far, far more worried about being done in by some Bozo driving home from his favorite bar three sheets to the wind than by some loser with an AR15 and a grudge against the world.
Kim Mitchell says "go for a soda".
Unless you throw up in said cab, then his night is ruined
Someone else said this: "If you can't afford to get a lift both ways you can't afford to go to the bar.".
that's a important comment I've read regarding to drunk drivers,
What did it cost?
Girl: Everything
K
@@trinity6880 it seems you didn't understand any of the comment
Exactly. No matter what city you’re in. I bet the max Uber/Taxi fees would be less than $500 for both ways. That prison term isn’t worth a $500 savings.
What a great judge wish we had more judges like this in Australia 🇦🇺
Facts and In New Zealand
50 years?! That’s cruel and excessive. It’s not justice but revenge. Even 20 years would have been a harsh sentence, especially considering the state of prisons in the US. It’s also incredibly expensive to keep 1 in every 100 adult citizens in prison, and a further life totally wasted. She could have gotten sober and found a cure for cancer. Okay that last part is a bit facetious lol, but it’s true
Also, judges in (civilised) countries must stick to sentencing guidelines, so no judge in Australia would be able to give 50 years for this offence, if they did the person would be resentenced on appeal.
Prison sentences have just ratcheted up and up, particularly in the US but in other Anglo countries as well; UK, Australia, NZ, Canada… it’s not any safer, and in fact in the US it’s gotten much worse
@@benhart777well said . It’s an extremely harsh sentence I do not understand .
To those who have lost loved ones to some senseless act like this, I'm sorry. And it's okay to grieve for a time but don't let your grief and anger hold you captive for the rest of your life. Don't let those who've harmed your loved ones, further harm you by stealing your happiness and joy. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, it's just a matter of perspective, how you see things. You can either let what happened destroy you on the inside, or use it to make you stronger.
easier said than done. Have you ever loved anyone? Have you ever lost anyone to senseless killing? You do not know the pain. By the way, do you know that this virus thing was created in a lab and that it intentionally killed millions of loved ones all over the world? how can you forget that? Forgive maybe yes, but forget no never.
There is No excuse for driving drunk.
What If you're with someone and both of you are drunk and someone needs medical attention but you have no phone?
Tell that to the kid from Texas that got parole. I guess money does buy freedom.
@Curtis Fleabag The first time I drank I had a fifth of hennessy and a carona, I was babbling about positivity and I started puking everywhere, but I remember it and didn't black out at all, that was the only time I drank, goes to show that people react differently to alcohol, and all you had was 3 beers and you blacked out? Yeah it's not for you at all.
MICHAEL DAVIS If only we could all be as perfect as you Michael, never made a mistake before 🙄
MonteCristo, thanks for showing me that you can make very stupid comments. Causing a person's death is a Serious mistake. Perhaps if you've lost a child or a parent from a drunk related car crash you would understand. I can tell you are in your 20s.
Get an uber, get the bus, get the train, get a lift, stay at a mate's house. There are options.
NEVER drink and drive.
Jack Beswick perhaps a taxi sauce?
How the hell do you call a train to come pick u up when you're drunk.
@@user-tg3ii7ph4n taxi sause???
How about just a taxi no sause.
Randy G. How about sauce inside the taxi?
@@user-tg3ii7ph4n nevermind, I'll just call a train to come get me.
Situations like this is why we should ban alcohol! People don't need to drink to have a good time!
My condolences to the father and the rest of the family. This is definitely a wake up call for anyone who does drink, please do NOT drive ! There are so many options:
1) Plan to have a designated driver.
2) Call a taxi or Uber.
3) Call a friend to pick up.
a. Try a local dial a ride or another type of ride share program.
4) If the bar is close by where you live, maybe... walk home, to avoid getting behind the wheel.
drunk drivers aren't always at a "bar". people get drunk at all kinds of places.
Or people could just not drink and avoid this altogether.
She didn't even get upset when the grandfather was reading his statement. Only when she heard her sentence!
Do we know that for a fact though because they could easily edit the footage to show which clips they want.
Look, I know at least 3 people with 10+ DUI’s. They are still functional and not a threat or burden to society. This triple homicide, although I don’t defend her actions, has no intent of the killings. 50 years is ridiculously unfair. (Yeah, yeah, “unfair to the family and those killed.”) It is obvious that the justice system has multiple severe flaws, and most of the time it is theatre, an act to show how “righteous” they are, when they are the parasites of society.
@@actavisthedoctor7772 Are you that dumb that you think intent plays a factor? First of all Anyone getting behind the wheel under the influence understands the risk there putting on the people driving around them, and second intent means nothing, dosnt matter if she meant to kill a family or not, she operated a motor vehicle in a state which is not legal or safe and killed 3 people. She deserves 50 years, if a man broke into a family’s home and murdered all 3 of them I would want him to get 50 years. This is manslaughter, she deserves no different. Obviously you and your ignorant freinds believe your fully functioning and not menacing society, but your wrong, the fact they have 10+ duis each shows they cant operate a vehicle under the influence. You are and them are a disgrace and terrible people for condoning driving under the influence.
He was just spewing evil and unforgiveness.. Doesn’t deserve a response
Brian Davis So no such thing as “good”
When I got a dui, it really made me take a hard look at myself. No one was hurt and no wreck but the humiliation and shame was enough. I haven’t had another drink since. That was 1996.
Proud of you sir.
Well I have to say you're smarter than most! I quit drinking 44 years ago. And I have never regretted that decision!
I'm glad you realised what you did was wrong.
Good
You can still drink man just dont drive, only reason i stopped drinking is because of all the hangovers...🤮
There's no such thing as a drunk driving "accident".
That’s a great judge right there. No mercy.
Imagine losing your daughter,son in law, and grandchild all at the same time breaks my heart 💔
Sounds like the setup to a Robin William movie trailer
I have accepted that anything that can go wrong with your life, may happen. So I'm pretty chill. Just be mentally prepared when the worst happens. That's life.
and friends and family in the car also injured :(
@@Ethan-uq2ew did they get the discount?
@@optimisticallycynical.814 Werent those two a couple
My drunk abusive dad drank his entire life and never once drove drunk. He still had more sense than that. I have zero sympathy for drunk drivers.
Agreed. There are (nasty) alcoholics who still have the common sense to drive sober. You just don't give anything about others if you drive drunk.
@@bugsbunny4539 this just screams, "I'm better than everyone and I think I'm the best." Calm down guy. It just takes one mistake and your life or someone else's is altered for the worst. It doesn't even have to be your fault. You can get hit while drunk, and it's then your fault. Stop being so damn cocky, and just be responsible and don't drive after you've had so many drinks. Ya fuckin idiot.
@@bugsbunny4539 dude..... you have some retardation runnin through your veins if you can't see what's wrong with what you just said. Quit being a moron
@@bugsbunny4539 “I’m a great drunk driver” it doesn’t take rocket science to realize what’s wrong with that sentence..
@@bugsbunny4539 I hate the drunk for putting countless lives at risk. It’s disgusting how you sit there and comment and brag about driving drunk like it’s an accomplishment.
I knew a dude who landed on top of a mother and daughter driving off a bridge hammered and only did 3 years plus probation.
Yeah and people I've met think it's okay to have a few beers and drive. What a clown world we live in.
"just her not being happy, brings joy to me". That is hard core right there...
Based
Yeah pretty sadistic. Have her parents not tought her to never take revenge?
@@drvissierl1404 Lol I doubt you'll be thinking that if 3 of your closest family members were killed.
@@drvissierl1404 Anyone can become sadistic when you lose your family or watch a family die in front of you. You are not holy, stop faking it.
@@MitigateYT It's evil. Bad blood leads to bad blood. When you're a careless sadist, YOU'RE the bad person. She became just as bad as the person who killed her family member, because she now takes pleasure in misery. That's not a strong quality, it's weakness.
Damn, her father's voice sounds like a badass supervillain
31 Subscribers what?
Dat Dude It does HOLY
So what?
He is
i dont blame her drunk driving killed his pride and joy his daughter
It's about time people start getting sentences that fit the crime. A vehicle IS a deadly weapon. Choosing to drink before you get behind the wheel IS premeditated.
She should be in jail and never get out
The fact that a child died and she actually had the audacity to flee the scene like sis I hope you rot in jail
@Jcorb I mean, I personally am not a fan of wishing people pain, but pedophiles, rapist, and serial killers i don't blink when something bad happens to them
She will be munching rugs in jail for the rest of her life.
@Jcorb There's nothing wrong or insane about wishing evil upon evil.
You are very beautiful.🤩 Try Jesus he teaches to forgive and love your enemies 🙏
Nothing to do with audacity, just being drunk.
One of the most selfish things you can do is drive drunk. There’s no excuse when Uber and Lyft exist.
Edit: A lot of you pointed out Uber/Lyft/Taxis aren’t options in small towns, which is true & to those comments, I’d like to just say at the end of the day there’s no excuse. Plan out your night and stay in & drink at a friends or something. Have a plan for a friend/family member pick you up from a bar. If you have no option but to drive then limit yourself in what you drink. That’s all - if you disagree with me then we’ll agree to disagree. I just think it’s messed up how one persons decision to get plastered and drive can take away someone else’s life.
@Sherrell true
You know what sucks is that a guy who was doing drugs and drinking driving killed 4 peaple got 2 years. Even though he tried to escape to Mexico
Can’t forget about taxis
Not everywhere has Uber and lyft like my city doesn’t but taxis exist and busses .
@Anthony Cunningham i’m not excusing it dumbass i was just saying some don’t have those but have taxis and busses so there isn’t an excuse if they don’t have Uber or Lyft either
Good for that judge ....they all should give these sentences.
She should have been sentenced to LIFE !
My 8 year old cousin was ran over in his own front yard wile playing by a drunk driver killing him. I have no sympathy for her or anyone in her situation.
Hoe much did that driver get?
Cousin**
Unless you get a DUI some day, or someone close to you gets one.
I’ll kill That bitch then you obviously don't understand severe anxiety & the need to loosen up. Some actually literally have anxiety attacks & drive psycho until they chil & can drive good & safe & legal with a small buzz.
That’s why when I am finally put into office by 2033! I will make the law so EXTREME, that no one will break the DUI law! Caught under influence damage only car don’t kill yourself in the process. Does not matter will be put to death! Drive drunk & crash kill another or others. You die & all your immediate family dies! Harsh yeah! Bet no one breaks that law though! 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
No one is a winner. Horrible for everyone involved.
yeah - it is sad.
Especially since he was only sentenced to 50 years for a Triple Drunk Driving Murder.
@@zjean3417 defendant Amber Perera
@@zjean3417 50 is too much 🤔 maybe 30 no parole
Bemo 76 I disagree.
This is very sad I can't imagine how horrible it is for the family I hope there life gets better 💕
Every drunk driver that takes lives needs to face that judge, especially when it comes to taking a child's life, seems like he is no BS.
Why is it so difficult to DRINK AT HOME or get a ride / taxi. Drink and drive, pay a big price.
Alcohol inhibits your thought process and decision making skills.
@@ronaldcox8551 no excuse
@@jamesgentry13 Not making excuses. Stating facts.
My trick whenever I go out with a car is either drink until I pass out or not drink at all.
It's what alcohol does to some people. It impairs judgment.
The older gentleman lost two generations of family in the blink of an eye....I cannot imagine the devastation that must’ve caused or the immense pain he must’ve felt.
Father God, I pray for Mr. Ciranni. I pray you give him peace and strength. I.pray that you mend his heart and give him a forgiving spirit. Holy Spirit please guide him and minister to him. Thank you for your grace and mercy papa. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.
As much as this hurts, we children eventually will bury our parents, thats a painful fact of life. No parent should bury their child, there is no bigger pain for a human; thats why they say there is a word to call a child without parents, "orphan", but there is no word to call a parent who lost a child.
I'm not even a mother, but i know there's no way i would forgive the person who was responsible for my child's and grandchild's deaths. Yes, accidents do happen, but she was conscious enough to drive knowing she was drunk, a drunkster who lost it will need help to get into the back seat.
Eff her
@@usagi18 There *IS* a word for a parent who has lost a child. That word is Vilomah..
@@scoooter78 Wow!! I didn't know that, googled it and it's not even in the dictionary yet. It should be. Thank you for the info
no parent should bury their children.
All Drunk driving punishments should be a lot more severe. Drunk Driving should NEVER be a light punishment
Justice has been served. Thank you everybody!
Being someone who lost both their parents at 3 from this and then got adopted into an abusive home because of it, this hits hard. People don't realize they not only put themselves at risk, but also others. Drive safe out there
That's really sad to hear. I hope you're doing great now
I’m terribly sorry for what others have put you through, dear. I pray the Lord will bring you peace and direction despite your circumstances.
Struggler.
Death sentence for such a nuisance..........now the victims family will pay to provide her free meals free healcare and even yearly prison vacations and behind a woman democrats will set this psycho murderer free within a decade.
@@Dolandtromm lol what? How does this have anything to do with politics? Also, prison vacations? You seriously are uninformed on how the prison system works. I'd do a bit more research before commenting and embarrassing yourself
She’s only crying for herself. What a vile existence.
Absolutely
it is very sad but remember,...she did not intend to kill , she was just stupid, she could even be a good soul. i dont know the case, but , if she gets 50 years what happens to first degree murder by psychopaths ??
i guess you have no idea of the word empathy for others .
@@00000714ful Empathy and justice are two different things.
Uh, yeah, she’s crying for herself because it’s HER life being thrown away. Just like the grieving father is crying because he lost HIS daughter - he wouldn’t be crying about someone else’s dead daughter, would he?
I feel sorry for the families but this woman is no better or worse than the millions of other people who drive drunk every year. She just got unlucky. The fact that the reporter tells us nothing about the accident except where it happened makes me suspect that she wasn’t even at fault, were it not for the fact that in many states the intoxicated party is always considered at fault even if they were stopped at a red light and a sober driver plowed into them.
Both the victim’s father and the injured woman look messy enough that it’s not difficult to imagine them driving drunk a few times in their lives. If so, the fact that they didn’t kill anyone was simply good luck, in contrast to the defendant’s bad luck. They are exactly as dangerous and morally culpable as the defendant, and just as deserving of scorn and decades in prison. The sense of unearned moral superiority coming from these people is nauseating and if I were on the jury I would be tempted to nullify.
I had friends in my 20's that thought nothing of driving while drunk. I really wish the punishment for a DUI was losing your license.
They'll just drive without a license.
There needs to be mandatory prison time for the first dui.
5 years.
That should be enough to sober up...
You don’t drink and drive period and I don’t care what that excuse is, you don’t do that because DUI is a serious liability
It's amazing how socially acceptable alcohol is yet other drugs are outlawed. Alcohol is one of the most destructive drugs there is
I thought cartels chopping each other up and the taliban killing people so we as Americans can get our heroin, weed and other drugs was bad.
@@candideggplant1575 what is worse is that we are killing ourselves from the inside with alcohol. when a drunk hits a school bus full of kids. happens every day legally. shut it down. a pot head or herion addict sits still and relaxes. a drunk jumps into a car a takes off phycso crazy outta their mind.
meth does the same thing and outcome.
so driving stoned is better?
@@Predestinated1 Yes in comparison to Alcohol ..
Imagine having to bury your daughter AND granddaughter . thats just heart breaking
Yep
10-4 good buddy
Not to mention his son-in-law.
@@lazurm exactly
Yeah this is sad
People caught driving impaired should never be allowed to drive again. Yes, first offense and you're walking forever.
Killing someone while impaired, you should be incarcerated until death.
I love all of these real emotions: The father not forgiving the killer, one of the crash victims reveling in the killers misery behind bars, and the killer caring only about herself.
Life isn’t all candy apples and rainbows as most folk would like it to be. All actions do not deserve forgiveness. It’s ok to hold onto contempt, and hate, for another person.
Hear hear
My deepest sympathy to the family that lost a loved one in that crash. Be strong
The dad’s anger and resentment can’t be described. I cannot imagine how horrible and heartbroken he felt, nobody deserves to have this happen to them
@David Winehouse If we banned alcohol there would be a lot of dead people
@David Winehouse I'm not saying alcohol is good but last time America tried to ban alcohol it didn't go very well
@David Winehouse Yeah but you were talking about alcohol. So I replied in regards to alcohol
@David Winehouse So would you say the same thing about guns? That's dumb logic.
My dad was killed by a drunk driver in 2011. I miss him so much! He was a public servant and an amazing role model for everyone who met him.
I’m sorry for your loss and I hope your family finds peace if not already
@@johnnyrats7083 I don’t know if I would call it “peace.” I have PTSD, but it’s not as bad as it used to be. I have prayed for the driver’s daughter over the years. He dad was sentenced to 8 years in prison when she was only about 8 years old.
Congratulations on making this story ALL ABOUT YOU
@@TakeNoteOfThat hahahahahaha
Sorry for your loss. It's not fair.
There is something about seeing the filth get what they deserve that puts a smile on my face. Now if only justice applied also to the rich...
"Her not being happy brings me joy" ? WoW
Lol insane woman . I get being upset but damn that’s like unhinged
Defense: “20 years”
Judge: “best I can do is 50”
There is no jail for this crime in India.
Sallu bhai and Sri ram, an IAS officer are still roaming free here in India.
@@SunitVosdey coz corruption
I'll have to ask an expert.
@@SunitVosdey No jail for this crime in Pakistan either. Because you'd be hanging if you did this.
@@EnclosedPoolArea No jail, I mean the culprit will be free in india.
That father held his composure like a boss. But I could feel anger and hurt and pain. I couldn't imagine being the person to get that phone call
Honestly he would’ve had every right to verbally lash out if he so desired. That woman took his family away from him.
I actually feel really bad for that father. He obviouly wanted to see his child and grandchildr grow up and die alongside them. I can't even imagine how he felt in that situation.
I cant imagine how much pain he is in. I hope he can get professional help for processing this. You can hear how hard he is trying not to cry, scream, yell, or even attack the killer.
Poor dude ;/
yet the same courts lets child rape guys walk out of jail in 11 months. Can you imagine how the parents feel of those kids???
My condolences
But yet alcohol remains legal
All this can be avoided if you just do one simple thing:
DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!
Even better- don't drink. A habit of drinking never made anyone successful.
@@mrbojangles9841 Unless you're a bartender.
Omg genius !
@Mr Bojangles Exactly
@@mrbojangles9841 Bet you're f
I couldn’t imagine doing something like this, you basically live the rest of your life knowing that you are nothing but a burden to society. Moral of the story, DONT DRINK AND DRIVE, it’s really not worth it
I'm not proud when I say this but when I was in my early/mid 20's 25 years, I would drive home while intoxicated.
I'm not proud of that at all.
I look back to how I was back then and I'm extremely fortunate/lucky not to have been involved in a drunk driving accident that would have killed innocent lives or my own.
@@tgzaks7527 we all have our stories, I been in a minor accident and have gotten a dui from driving intoxicated. It’s important to share these stories to teach others, so I appreciate you
Kinda amazing the cops can enter the wrong house, kill the occupants, and it justified
the first time i got drunk, i slept the night and woke up and had to go to work. When I was driving there I noticed I was unintentionally going over the center line and was thinking 'damn whats wrong with me?' didn't realize it but was still drunk.. So yea it's definitely dangerous af.
pfft she obviously didn't care
I sold my car after my dui. I had a serious problem with alcohol and i am so glad i never hurt anyone
Respectable. Good on you for making that choice. I hope you are at/get to a place where the struggle with alcohol isn't as challenging.
I was stupid and careless and drove to a friends after having some drinks at my house. I was pulled over for speeding, and failed the breathalyzer. I will never EVER forget that moment and it changed my life. I am so so grateful and fortunate I didn’t hurt someone. I quit drinking, Iam sober almost 2 years. I immersed myself in education on what alcohol does to you
I talk to my children about it openly… I see storied like this and it brings me back to seeeing the lights flashing in my rear view mirror. It’s something I can’t take back and I wish I could but again I’m so thankful I didn’t hurt someone and I will never ever do something as careless, selfish reckless again
The father of the woman killed wants to strangle that woman. She took a big part of his family away because of her selfishness.
that poor guy
No amount of alcohol has ever made me want to try driving.
Drinking and driving is fun. Try it
Why would you even drink in the first place?
@@dirkdiggler2430 hold on, I'm gonna have a shower beer and I'll get back to you
@@dirkdiggler2430 alright I'm back. My second piece of advice is wait till you're 21 to drink. Not because it's legal, but because I did and the wait made it all the much better.
some guy ANYWAYS JOE BIDEN 2020
That's a monster right there. People who drive drunk are psychopaths.
Same as all people who eat murdered/dead animals
That makes you an animal abuser/murderer/psychopath to eat meat or use milk that isn’t human milk
So do you eat meat or drink cow milk?
If so I do begin to wonder why you don’t seem to realize you are a psychopath yourself
Get a load of this idiot. From drunk driving to eating meat.
@@metookie451 go back to eating ur grass or whatever u eat
F'n good. We need strict laws and Judges that will carry those out . Especially when it comes to operating a vehicle under the influence of anything.
“Just her not being happy everyday brings joy to me”
Damn…
Fucked up she did a terrible thing but living your life finding joy in her suffering is not the way to live life it’s only going bring more hurt and suffering to her self
@@levi8781 yeah man foreal, I couldn’t imagine how she thinks
@@levi8781 Yeah, I can't say I empathize with that Karen. She sounds like she got what she had coming.
@@levi8781 I agree
It is sad that she ended 3 lives, just because driving under the influence
"Did not hold back his rage"
Yes he did, he didn't jump at the defendant when you could tell he was trying to stop himself. That's restraint.
He’s like 70 give him a break
Alex ikr, his heart could give out if he actually jumped at her.
He actually did hold back. Her Family was rude & disrespectful every time we went to court towards the victim, and the victims family (who are also victims) She never showed remorse, or even that she was sorry. We were told that we needed to keep our emotions together so that her lawyer could try a mistrial. It never went to trial - she pled open to the mercy of the court. But we all did our best even still & she still tried to file a “Change Of Plea” stating that she felt the sentencing was based off emotions instead of Facts. Said now that she was sentenced she thinks she could do better if go to trial.
@@MarksTournaments damn! Imagine being 70 years of age and losing your daughter and granddaughter! 😬
@@MarksTournaments you missed the point of this comment.
So glad that she got what is deserved.
Should have given the death sentence
Wish more judges would hand out heavy sentences like this for drinking and driving related deaths. Dude that killed my cousin, was drunk as hell and racing some random car when he slammed into my cousin head on going around 100mph. His gf died, his father was in the vehicle he survived but seriously injured. My cousin died and her bf was essentially left crippled for life. The driver only got 14 months behind bars. When he was sentenced he celebrated because the sentencing was so light. 12 years later.. still mad
Hey verified!
Let it go before it eats you up.
Sick sad world.
So sorry, just doesn’t make sense that the drunk driver in your cousins accident didn’t get real time.
Wait, why only 14 months?? That is horrible! I'm so confused.
If you’re too broke to get an Uber/lyft then you’re too broke to go out. Smh
Truth
Wise words
They're even cheaper than cabs, in Canada at least
Alli i know damn well you aint paying for no uber you rather bug somebody to pick you up
Lol
I got called a "snitch" for following a drunk driver on foot after he crashed his car outside my house; I directed the police to him. He needed to be taught a lesson in the hopes that maybe in the future it will prevent him doing it again and possibly killing someone.
I have no sympathy for drink drivers and this video is exactly why.
Who cares what they call you drunk drivers need to be taken off the street.
little police informer
damn bruh you SURE got him
@@karv7224 so you think it's better to have drunk drivers on the streets?
Snitching is only snitching if there are no victims like drug dealing, prostitution, etc. Property damage, injuries, and especially death are absolutely reasons to get police involved
This could have been easily avoided by calling an Uber or a friend to pick her up - sad for that innocent family
@@BuffaloNickel9 u know that depending on how far u are a uber ride is like 10 to 20 dollars right ?
@@BuffaloNickel9 If someone doesn't have $20 for a ride, then WTF are they doing drinking out? Budgeting for the ride back is part of the tab. Presumably, this person can afford a night of drinks, the car, gas, insurance, rent. But doesn't have $20 to get home safely? Well, then he fucked up. Also, it's embarrassing when an adult doesn't have emergency money of any kind.
@@BuffaloNickel9 lmao but they have money for drinks?
@@BuffaloNickel9 idiots like you astound me. If you are planning to go out and drink. Have a plan to get back and save money for a ride if needed. There are literally 0 excuses for this to happen yet idiots like you try and make excuses for them. Be glad it wasn’t your family or friends dying.
@@BuffaloNickel9 bro if you’re gonna go out and get intoxicated in the first place you better have a smart plan on how you’re gonna get back home..
Alcohol should be illegal or at least have much stricter regulations. It just ruins so many lives it’s crazy.
As long as she actually does 50 years, no good time. Far as I'm concerned, if you drive drunk you should get 50 actual years every time even 1st offense. Because you willfully became a weapon as soon as you got behind the wheel.
She is clearly the kind of person who feels like this happened to her instead of knowing that she was the cause of it.
You don't know that.
@@theincompleteskeptic8079 well I mean she did cause it lmao.
Its both
@@Relytxz Agreed as a real possibility. I just can't imagine someone not caring about others. Peace...
Yes, it's fairly clear that she couldn't take responsibility for her action. Her reaction to her sentence is very telling. I hope her victims are at peace.
"Just her not being happy everyday brings joy to me"
thats the most honest thing i've heard anyone say in this situation.
Holding grudges and thinking that way though is no way to live. I had a cousin that was killed by his friend last year because his friend was under the influence, and although I believe his friend should be be punished, I don't spend my days hoping he's living in misery. Forgiveness allows you to truly move on.
The crucifix around her neck... hypocrisy, thy name is Christian!
@@RandyMarshMurica Haha, nope. Knowing that shitheads and murderers can spend their days being miserable and sad puts my mind at ease. What goes around comes around, and if these people made the decision to make innocent people miserable for the rest of their lives, then their guilty asses can feel the same damn way.
@@IzzyRoseDoesArt Sucks to be you, but its your life.
@@RandyMarshMurica yeah, that flake is toxic and just ugly to the core. Bet she is seeking a huge payday too from insurance.
It's SAD for everyone involved 😢😢
50 years feels way too much
A woman that murders her child gets ten years, never understood the penalties of some crimes.
That's one murder, this bitch murdered 3 people and injured 1
@@lucasdagreat7620 she didnt murdered anyone, the car killed them. Murder is when you intent to kill someone. This woman doesn't deserved to be bashed for life, for one mistake. That is ill, like whole that country. The one, that plan to murder someone, and try it, but he fails, is 100x more guilty, than this woman. I really wish her, so she get free for good behavior after 15 years. Everyone deserves a second chance, when he is not obviously murderer. We in our country have politican, that killed this way, although not drunk, a old man on crosswalk. He is free to this day. This is just sick. According this video, he would deserve at least 10-15 years too. This is totally ill-minded. Like whole "good" America. Hope that judge will drink once per his life, get drunk, and kill someone accidently, for one mistake. And will get judged at least for 30 years. Maybe then, he will wake up. I was drunk like 20 times in my whole life, and all that during 5 years period on high school and university in student times. Every that evening could end up by some mistake. This is totally hunting, by on whom from us falls some accident. Maybe we could just directly execute ourselfs, for every mistake. It's same, as to give someone 50 years. I saw so many people drinking every week in friday... all of them are not less guilty than this woman, they are basically same innocent, or guilty, while they will be all the time on freedom, just this woman needs to be hunted and destroyed. Silly system.
warrax111 hey man, I would hope you’re not being serious, there’s no need to be angry in this conversation but I’d like to argue that she does deserve life, she got drunk and got in a car under the influence, judging from your comment I don’t think English is your first language, nor are you from America, but I think the punishment given her age is pretty acceptable, killing three innocent people while drunk driving is pretty bad, (she’s pretty old already, if she hasn’t had enough second chances by then I don’t think putting her back out into the world is a good idea), idk man if you’re not being serious just think about what I said, also last note, people kill people, if you ask a car to kill somebody, what’s it gonna do?
@@randomgamingzzz1917 she didnt killed anybody, car did. She just smashed the car. You cannot judge one person for smashing the car for 1 year, because noone dies, and another man, for 150 years, because there were 5 or 6 people inside other car. These persons are same "guilty". They are not murderers. You should then jail all persons who drive under alcohol for 50 years. They are same guilty as this woman. Just nothing happened this time. But they are same guilty. Punishement should have some purpouse, this has no purpouse. Eighter jail all drunk drivers, even when they are caught (maybe they would just kill someonebody next minute, if you would not stop them as cop). This is basically execution. So execute all other drunk drivers... even better, catch them before they kill someone. And execute them. They are same guilty as this woman.
My english got worse, sorry for that. Used to be better.
(Edit: I would gave her 10 years. And rather took out they driver license for 50 years. Even 10 years is life-ruining basically, but it has purpouse, she has a chance for living .I would take life even without ability to drive a car for rest of the life, rather than to be bashed for life-time) Only murderers deserve to be judged for such long, not accidental killers, that cause someone to die, but didint intended to)
@@randomgamingzzz1917 I am deadly serious. Would never give such person 50 years. That is pure evil. She is not murderer, she is not definetly thrustworthy person, and reliable. But 50 years deserves only murderers that plan to kill. This is not that kind of person.
I lost my mom to an incoherent, careless driver. I feel deeply for this family.
My condolences. Sorry for your loss.
Sorry to ask but what happen to the person that did this mistake ?
@@Sim-po1mc he is in prison currently. He is remorseful for what he did, but the pain of my mother not being here will never go away.
Was he drinking or something
so sorry to hear that. That pain will never go away. Senseless killing. I am against alcohol totally.