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Ohio teenager Mackenzie Shirilla may spend the rest of her life behind bars after a judge ruled she intentionally drove 100 mph into a brick building, killing her boyfriend and his friend, in a "mission of death."
But Frank Russo, 61, the father of her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, 20, doesnβt support sending Shirilla to jail for life.
βItβs horrible for everybody. Yeah, I lost my son, itβs harder on our family, but I donβt want the rest of her life ruined too. It isnβt going to make me feel any better,β he told NBC News Friday.
βThe whole thingβs just a shame,β he added.
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Shirilla was 17 when she crashed into a building around 5:30 a.m. on July 31, 2022, in Strongsville, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb. The passengers β Russo and Davion Flanagan, 19 β were pronounced dead at the scene. She miraculously survived.
Last week, a judge found Shirilla, now 19, guilty of 12 counts β including four counts of murder β after a four-day bench trial. Her sentencing is set for Monday.