"The driver Troy McAlister was charged with DUI for allegedly having both alcohol and meth in his system at the time of the crash, and he tried to flee the scene on foot. But what turned the case into a media firestorm was the fact that Boudin's office had struck a plea deal with McAlister to let him out of jail eight months earlier while McAlister was serving time on an armed robbery charge."
"But the Chronicle reports that McAlister's public defender is asking the court for a drug rehabilitation diversion program rather than jail, a diversion program that would put him in San Francisco Drug Court that focuses on treatment and counseling instead of incarceration. McAlister's attorney, deputy public defender Scott Grant, told the Chronicle that a diversion program would be a proper and reasonable sentence, and added, Research tells us again and again that intensive, targeted treatment for people's underlying problems not incarceration fosters long-term safety."
An accused driver is seeking a drug rehabilitation diversion instead of jail for a New Year's Eve 2020 hit-and-run that killed two women. The crash killed 27-year-old Hanako Abe and 60-year-old Elizabeth Platt. Troy McAlister was charged with DUI, vehicular manslaughter, driving a stolen car, possessing a concealed gun, and leaving the scene of a crash. McAlister allegedly had alcohol and meth in his system and tried to flee on foot. Boudin's office had previously struck a plea deal that released McAlister from jail eight months earlier while he was serving time for an armed robbery charge. McAlister had also faced a prior arrest with burglary tools and was driving a car that had been carjacked two days earlier. The prosecutor's office did not respond to a request for comment.
Read at sfist.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]