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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDriver Who Killed Three Siblings ... Gets Early Release from Prison
Indiana Driver Who Killed Three Siblings as They Tried to Board School Bus Gets Early Release from Prison After Completing Bible Study CourseAn Indiana woman who struck and killed three young siblings as they crossed a road to board their school bus was
released from prison early this week. Alyssa Shepherd, 27, was released from the Rockville Correctional Facility on Wednesday
after serving just over two years of her four-year sentence, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.
Shepherd in the early morning hours of Oct. 30, 2018 failed to stop for a school bus on Indiana 25 next to the Meiser Mobile Home Park despite the bus idling with its stop-arm and lights fully activated, the South Bend Tribune reported. As she passed the stationary bus, Shepherd struck and killed 9-year-old Alivia Stahl, as well as her 6-year-old twin brothers, Xzavier Ingle and Mason Ingle. The collision also left a fourth child, Maverik Lowe, severely injured. Lowe was not related to the other three children.
In December 2019, Shepherd was convicted on three counts of reckless homicide, one count of criminal recklessness for aggressive driving resulting in serious bodily injury, and one count of passing a school bus with the arm extended resulting in serious bodily injury, court records show. Fulton Superior Court Judge Gregory L. Heller ordered her to serve a sentence of four years in prison.
Shepherd was initially slated to be released from prison in September 2022, but under Indianas state law governing jail credit, her sentence was reportedly reduced by six months after she completed a Bible study course offered by the facility.
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/indiana-driver-who-killed-three-siblings-as-they-tried-to-board-school-bus-gets-early-release-from-prison-after-completing-bible-study-course/
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Driver Who Killed Three Siblings ... Gets Early Release from Prison (Original Post)
left-of-center2012
Mar 2022
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So is a secular option available for those who don't want to take a Bible course
exboyfil
Mar 2022
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Coventina
(26,844 posts)1. I'd probably get a hide if I said what I thought about this.
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)2. So is a secular option available for those who don't want to take a Bible course
That aside - two years for this is way too little.
sarisataka
(18,197 posts)3. The initial sentence was ridiculous
But unsurprising. Crimes done with cars are always sentenced lighter.
hlthe2b
(101,699 posts)4. This kind of thing has a way of riling up communities and especially friends/family of the deceased.
and is why "vigilante justice" sometimes creeps in. I don't condone that, of course, but this woman might want to relocate as soon as possible.
My sympathy lies with the families of the victims. I can't imagine their pain and horror. Not to mention all those who witnessed.
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)5. Wiped out my kids
I might be thinking along those lines. I would also be up for some jury nullification if it happened to someone else's kids. Hate to admit it.
Mike Nelson
(9,903 posts)6. Hmm...
... this story make it sound like this prison will exchange jail time for Bible study... doesn't sound kosher, to me...
Submariner
(12,482 posts)7. I assume she lost her right to drive
for life. She can never be let behind the wheel again.
world wide wally
(21,718 posts)8. I guess she never heard the old saying, "Thou shalt not kill" before.