RS dig into the court transcripts, well worth a read.
Here is a snippet
Last week, Bryn Spejcher, 33, was sentenced for the 2018 involuntary manslaughter of 26-year-old Chad O’Melia. She was facing around five years after being convicted in December, but, instead, was given just probation and community service by Ventura California County Superior Court Judge David Worley. Experts for both the defense and prosecution had previously determined that the weed had caused her to slip into a psychotic state, and, as such, prosecutors reduced a charge of murder against Spejcher to involuntary manslaughter. Still, the sentencing was a shock for many.
“It sets a very dangerous precedent,” Audry Nafziger, who prosecuted the case for the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, told NBC. She adds to Rolling Stone: “As the prosecutor on this case and someone who has spent 29 years fighting for justice, the sentence makes a mockery of the criminal legal system. … Of all the involuntary manslaughter cases I have ever heard of, this is the most heinous and violent.”
Read the full article
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/bryn-spejcher-weed-killing-trial-1234957571/
