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The Crash: Why a Defense Attorney Says the Mackenzie Shirilla Case Is a Failure at Every Level
Defense failure. Prosecutorial overreach. Systemic rigidity. And a defendant making post-conviction choices that may be sealing her own fate. Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta says the Mackenzie Shirilla case isn't just one thing that went wrong — it's a cascade of failures that compounded at every stage.Shirilla was seventeen when the crash in Strongsville, Ohio killed Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan. She was convicted of four counts of murder in a bench trial. Her defense raised a medical condition but never proved it. The prosecution charged murder without a confession. A…
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