Whoever gave her 14 years needs to be fired from their judicial position. 7 years per person she killed. People get put into prison for 40 years for bringing weed across state lines and this woman gets to walk free in 14 years after two homicides. Disgusting.
Yeah I got more time for weed than the lady who drown her kids in a bathtub in Texas. The system isn't balanced right. I was in with many people who killed people in DUI crashes who were in after me and out before me.
Not to mention some people get charged 7 years for getting a DUI especially when property is damaged. So if anything this girl should get 21 years minimum 7 for DUI & 7 per person she killed
@@RonniePickeringMate there needs to be laws in place for that kind of thing. “Knock me up so I can have it easy in prison hehe” as if female jail isn’t already a giant sleepover of crushed up pills
If you watch the body cam footage, you can see that when the cop first arrives the front part of her car is censored. They weren’t hiding her license plate. That was one of the victims’ limbs that got stuck on her grill. No way she didn’t see that. Meanwhile she acted like she had no care in the world from the moment the officers showed up throughout the remaining footage. Awful woman
Her sentence is limited by the current laws. It was technically an accident (even though she very intentionally chose to drive drunk) and she doesn't have priors; she's not eligible for a life sentence. Her actions DID destroy her life, though, so at least there's that.
The bodycam footage from this is INSANE, she deserves life. She was singing, laughing, basically still partying literal minutes after she killed these people.
She's an addict. She was beyond legal limit and just a hair under death by alcohol poisoning. If the people did not walk right in front of a moving vehicle they would still be alive. She did not purposely murder them. They were stupid and she was high.
She deserves the sentence she got. Sentences are not handed out to exact revenge. Imprisonment is primarily used to protect the community from dangerous criminals. Her recklessness and disregard for the safety of others is the reason she is in prison. Remorse is not a factor in sentencing unless the crime committed was intentional - in this case it wasn't. She is clearly a sociopathic narcissist based on the footage - 14 years is enough time for her to reflect and come to the conclusion that another DUI is not in her own self-interest. Life sentences are also a huge loss to the community as it often costs upwards of $50,000 per year of taxpayer money to house inmates. That is why the state is incentivised to take plea deals.
She's not so drunk in the videos or in denial or shock. She hears what the officer says and gets indignant and wants to know if he's allowed to say those things to her. She's definitely comprehending the conversation.
She’s a sociopathic serial killer. No amount of alcohol makes a person hit and kill two people, blame it on the two victims for “hitting her car”, brush off the murder by singing, laughing, planning a trip to Vegas with her next drinks and ask about going to class the next day. Insane, she should have got the maximum sentence
@@morganablackwater2017 this would have been one of many. In her world she would have gotten her car back, gone to classes and then gone to Vegas to probably drink and drive till the next person hits her car. Read between the lines and listen to her
@@Bennythecoredriver maybe, I hope that is the case so that while she’s in jail she sobers up and repents and then when she gets out, can make a positive impact next time around no pun intended
Yes, as a college student, it's startling to see so many fellow students enjoy their ketamine and ecstasy. It takes them to another place entirely, hence the lack of remorse.
When they're blk. You get a history of everything bad that happened in their life. If nothing. U get everything one of their family members did. But when they're non blk. U get this. Well. Used to get this. Because God DNA is back.
"I'm so sorry for everything, and I will never, ever commit anything like that again," Melgoza said in court, according to the Pekin Daily Times newspaper. "I have not drank since that day. I do not plan on drinking ever again. I want to try to do something positive to make a difference, speak out about this and warn others about the dangers that come with drinking." absolutely vile woman. doesn't even recognise that it was her that did this, purely the drinks fault. if she's not a sociopath or a psychopath, she's certainly a top level narcissist. disgusting
@Jessie i'm sorry are we reading the same apology? it's not an apology. "I will never, ever commit anything like that again"? what? murder 2 people? this is an expectation not needing to be said, especially as the main point in your apology. She completely dissociates herself with her actions by putting blame on the drink, while she decided to drive there, drink at least 3 shots of vodka and hop right back in her car and kill two people. lmao b-b-but she said sorry 💀
@@cj-we3jf i don't want her to say anything. i'm criticising her completely shameless apology in which she seemingly takes no responsibility for her actions by 'raising awareness about the dangers that come with drinking'. how about raising awareness about driving to get drunk somewhere and hopping yourself back into your car and then laughing about killing 2 people? you've must've not seen the footage i've seen because you should be livid at this POS.
@@Megitsune69 " No, that’s america for you. " I'd say it's more like the 'western world' at the moment. UK, they arrest people for misgendering, the same with Canada. Aussie was putting people on house arrest for not get the vaccine, as well as tackling tribesmen and forcing shots. Sweden arrested a family for attacking the men who kidnapped and rpd their daughter. To be fair: in the US, firebombing a police car holds a lower sentence than standing 100 meters away from an abortion clinic with a sign saying "think twice before getting an abortion" . Reading pornographic material is allowed in children's schools, while reading the same material allowed during an open school-board meeting will get you arrested. 'shoplifting' $999 is fine, but posting a political meme will have the FBI tracking you. Entering the country illegally is rewarded with a cellphone, first class plane ticket, and $1000/night hotel, while driving a car with expired tags will get your car impounded. Taking over 5 city blocks, burning down the police station, and declaring it a new country CHAZ, will have the mayor call it a 'summer of love' while entering the White House at invitation by security will have you in solitary confinement for 3 years waiting CHARGES. No Charges have been filed for the majority of these people, and only a handful have even seen the inside of a courtroom. Western enforcement of laws are a joke.
She’s an awful human. This woman laughing, joking, ignoring the cop entirely and asking about when SHE can go back to class when he told her she killed two people repeatedly, her not caring at all. Her laying there singing as the cop is saying “I don’t think you understand, I just told you, you killed two people”.
@@larylorry5205 Yeah, and I also heard she wanted to walk and graduate with the rest of her class, but a lot of the students protested and stopped lt. Good for them! I hope the selfish, wreckless, witch rots in prison! She and others like her sickens me and makes me so angry! RIP to the victims that lost their lives due to this pathetic woman's actions!
The judge can ONLY sentence her to what the charges are if convicted. She pled guilty to a lesser charge per prosecution. Judge isn't the issue here. Ppl needa understand how the legal system works.
She DIDNT plea guilty because of remorse, she pled guilty because she selfishly didn’t want to go through the jury proceedings ending at much worse sentence. In other words as a coward she took the shortcut just so she wouldn’t have to deal with everything
That could or could not be the case. Some ppl plea out because they cant afford to go to trial. A trial is VERY expensive. Also some people plea out because their lawyer admits he/she doesnt have a defense and it would be better to plea out instead of wasting the courts time/reaources. There can be several reason to plea. Its not always that cut and dry especially in a high profile case.
Anyone who has watched the RAW camera footage of the whole incident knows that she is ANYTHING than remorseful for her actions. 6 years would be a punch to the face to the victims family.
It's actually upsetting how people who clearly didn't watch the whole video defend her on Reddit and say she's in shock... yeah right. She's just a sociopath.
1 of 2 road ragers lost control of their vehicle at 90mph, slammed into my families vehicle and killed 4 of my family. Each road rager got 4 years in prison and are now out. I wish my family received just like this case.
The fact that she pleaded not guilty at first tells it all. And she didnt change her plea due to a sudden bout of remorse. Her lawyer told her to. I've never seen someone's mug shot and want to punch them in the face so badly.
So what if she didn't plead guilty at the first opportunity? No one who is facing decades behind bars ever pleads guilty on the first appearance. She's entitled to due process and not being rushed to judgement.
@wezite1983 I mean, I wouldn't say rushed to judgement. She got wasted and plowed down two people... Facts. That's why it baffled me that she straight up pled not guilty. I would've expected her to take a plea deal, as she ended up doing. She had a smug sense of entitlement during her little blackout adventure, and her "not guilty plea" correlated with that entitlement and her not taking accountability. So my post wasn't necessarily pertaining to the law aspect of it, as it was more about morality.
You pretty much ALWAYS should plead not guilty at arraignment. At that point you have barely seen your attorney or thought out your defense. You have not even met with the ADA. For a minor thing, sure. But not anything serious. And so what if "her lawyer told her to?" That is why you hire a lawyer!
@realazduffman Well then I stand corrected. So good for her I guess?... that she partook in expected proceedings. As I replied above, my comment was coming from a place of emotions, because I don't like that she recklessly killed 2 people.... I expected her to do a plea deal of some sort right away. I didn't know it was common practice to first plead not guilty no matter the pressing evidence. So law rules or not, I still think it's weird to plead not guilty for something when you are very much guilty and everyone knows you are. And since that's just the way our justice system works apparently, then our justice system is weird too.
@@mskyn150 Plea deals take time. Even more time in this kind of thing, In fact if she were to plead guilty at her arraignment the judge would probably question her about doing so and advise she talk with counsel. Ever watch shows like "Law and Order" where they show the process? In her case it would be about getting a better sentence. If she just plead guilty from the get-go she would likely get the max sentence on everything to serve consecutively. She got a better deal by following the legal process. Her lawyer did his job properly.
Right? only 7 years for killing someone , phtt not even a decade and maybe even 6 years or less if the system don't want to pay for incarceration anymore or feel worth it.
14 years? The Judge that gave her this weak sentence should be removed from the bench, have her judgeship revoked, and never allow that judge in a courtroom again. This deserves AT LEAST 30 years, minimum
That monster wasn’t the least bit remorseful. More like her attorney told her is she didn’t plead guilty she’d get way more time after the jury watched the body cam footage.
That bit_h wasn’t remorseful at all. And plead guilty They are just saying that so she would get a lighter sentence. And there was no way out of the BA level.
Well, that’s a lawyer’s job.... Her defense was that the people quickly walked out in front of her car, but that’s what we have eyes for. It’s our responsibility to look out for pedestrians. Wait for a red light to eat or look at your phone
If she were to get probation, and I lived in that area, I would rally a bunch of people to make signs that says “the judge doesn’t care about justice for the victims and is had made a mockery out of this case. In no way possible should you be allowed to drive under the influence with as high of BAC as she had, and kill two people and be let off on probation. That’s complete bullshit. I hope she rots in jail for at least 10 years and that should be MINIMUM.
She should have gotten the MAXIMUM!!! 28 YEARS!!! HER DEMEANOR, THE LACK OF EMPATHY FOR THE VICTIMS AND THE FAMILIES IS SO SICKENING!!! The FAMILIES asked for the MAXIMUM 28 years and was DENIED!!!
Seeing her in the ER, was absolutely repulsive. I think NOW she realizes she won't be going back to school. Her sentence isn't long enough. Hopefully, the time in prison will force her to become a better person.
Even smirking in her mugshot.. I haven't scoffed so hard in a while. Man, absolutely disgusting and terrifying that this is just the bare minimum of the evil that's really out there.. and our American Justice system is absolute BS that you can take 20+ years off the two deceased by being irresponsible and lacking care for another life and yet only 6-16 years for the evil that this woman has committed. The bare minimum should be 25+. That's fair. The justice system in America, CONSTANTLY infuriates me..
Bout the dumbest thing you can do unless you’re pablo escobar and the arresting officers are mysteriously killed and you get released, otherwise you look silly
@Trilly yeah I saw the arrest video the policeman asked her on a scale of 1-10 how drunk are you she said that she has been way more drunk so she said 5 out of 10 just think how under the influence she was in the past
14 years definitely was not enough. So the two lives she took was only worth 7 years each?? That is awful!! I saw the video of her arrest & she was just disgusting!!! She was laughing & didn’t care about the lives she took. All she cared about was going to school the next day. She showed no remorse even after the officer told her she killed 2 people. What an awful person she is!!! My thoughts & prayers go out to the 2 people whose lives she took🌻
Watching the body cam footage enraged me. They say alcohol reveals who you are, and it revealed her to be so narcissistic that she is incapable of caring about another person. This is disgraceful. She should be in prison for the rest of her natural life both because of the lives she took and to protect all of the others out in society. Shame on you, Stephanie.
@@davester1970 Totally agree. We ALL know about drinking and driving. It is a choice you make; if you must drink to that degree, plan ahead. Give your keys to an actual responsible adult. Choosing to drive drunk is the same as knowingly throwing a weapon around. Someone can get hurt and die. There is not one single funny thing about it.
@@phillisob - You are right that there is nothing funny about drinking and driving. Usually it is the drunk driver that walks away from the accident unscathed while a family of 4 gets injured or killed. About 10 years ago I had a friend who got popped for DWI. I asked him why he didn't call me to pick him up. Sure it would have been a pain in the ass to get up at 3am to drive him home. At least I would be saving lives and prevented him from a night in the joint.
@@davester1970 there was a family of 5 that lived around the corner from us. They were five minutes from home after a trip to Disneyland, when a drunk driver struck them from the side, killing all of them. I don't know what sentence he got but I hope he was put away for life. Young people don't think and they get behind-the-wheel, thinking they are capable of handling a little alcohol and driving. But they ruin people's lives, including their own. I will never forget that😢
Sadly, the explanation is often scientific. When people are under the influence, their bodies are often more limber and loose than people who are sober. When you get into an accident, you tend to tense up, which can harm your body more than when you are loose. Similar idea to how something stiff can be broken easier than something that is loose and limber.
How many people came here after watching the LAW & CRIME body cam 🙋♀️. I couldn't believe how heartless and niave the girl was. The severity of what she had was completely lost on her
@@TheJemstar28 Her father on local news is undone/angry w/all the negative comments on SM & demanding they stop! Saying he feels bad for the families & she’s paying for it. “Leave us alone!!!” Wow ,
That judge should be ashamed of themselves for not sending this lady to prison for many more years than they ultimately did they are disgrace to the Justice system.
If they give her probation, that will be nothing but a slap in the face to the two people she killed and their families!! She laughed when they told her she killed them, then asked when she would get her car back so she could go to school the next day!!! 😡😡😡😡
She hit them so hard they had partial limb amputations and blunt force trauma yet on the body camera footage she can be seen laughing and joking around and talking about going to class the next day! No thought to the people whose lives she ended and their families forever changed because she decided to drive drunk! In these days of Uber/Lyft she chooses to drive drunk and end two lives.......*disgusting*!!!!
She said she was going at least 40 but she also undersold how much she had to drink. I was reading a comment on the body camera footage and the chance of survival really goes up exponentially each 5mph faster you’re going. Hitting a pedestrian at 40mph has about a 90% mortality rate. And she probably undersold that and was probably actually going 50.
She could see one of the victims legs stuck in the grill of her car and all she was worried about was when she could get her car back. She has no soul.
This makes me wonder how Stephanie's defense would have looked like without a lawyer who advised her that is prudent to admit that you're in the wrong when you run over two people by car while heavily intoxicated 😥
What’s wrong with our judge system? She should get death penalty, she killed two innocent people and no showed any Remorse, this terrible human being still can walk outside after just 14years! How unfair to those innocent lives !
She was going to "join the DUI club", she clearly knew what was going on. Drinking, then driving, then killing two people with basically no remorse, and getting 14 years is crazy.
What!? Only 14 years... This woman destroyed lives! While this verdict is shocking, it's not surprising. Our criminal "justice" system needs an overhaul. Everything needs to change. The biggest problem is, broken things can't be fixed by those who broke them.
"The two people you hit are dead!" Stares blankly at cop...and probably thinks, "Yeah well they shouldn't have walked in front of my road party! OMG...I'm going to Vegas next month what the hell....Ugh...can I go now? This is getting soooo boring..." How they let her off with such a light sentence is exactly what gives people the idea that certain demographs are above the law....She'll do a token few years and get paroled in time for her party to get going again....Disgusting!
The reason certain people get less time is because there is a difference between a first time offender and someone who has had 20 other convictions. You sound ignorant. If you were at all intelligent you would know that there is a score sheet used in felony cases and you get points for everything that impacts your life negatively or positively from before birth. Using that score sheet the judge decides if you need the minimum or maximum sentence that is assigned to whatever statutory charges you are facing. All charges have minimums and maximums. If you been a felon for 10 years you are NOT getting 14 years for this same crime. But I'm sure it's JUST because someone is a "certain demographic". lmao I often think it's a certain demographic that is too dumb to understand the legal system in this country. I'm sure it's much better in the motherland. You should go there.
@@Ontheroxxwithsalt 😂Someone’s triggered!😂 You must have missed her saying she’s been much more drunk before, so she felt she was about a 5, on a scale of 10. Repeat offender. Just never caught. The judge must have seen the footage. He let her off w/a hand slap. Talk about ignorance...You actually believe what you wrote? ‘’You get points for everything ...even BEFORE BIRTH???”🤣 You must also believe a fetus knows they’re the wrong sex, too! As has now been claimed.🤣🤣🤣 I’d say go back to school, but you’re another sad product of it. 😂 Good luck to you dear. SMH
Sounds like she still thought she could get away with it but her attorney advised her to just admit guilt because she would get more time when found guilty. She wasn’t remorseful.
So a man gets 41 years for a deadly DUI crash that kills two unborn infants and expresses remorse yet this smug disgusting arrogant unremorseful sob gets only 14 years with probation?! This so called “justice system” is clearly screwed up horrifically. She needs to be put behind bars for 45 years!
She’s not remorseful. She pleaded not guilty until her lawyer explained she can’t get the jury on her side once prosecution shows the video, so she changed her plea begrudgingly to avoid a harsher sentence
For her attitude when arrested, she deserves at least 20-28 years. No, she wasn't belligerent, but that's probably because she believed she wasn't going to get much time in jail. After all, in her mind it wasn't a big deal, she was only concerned with when she could get her car back, and when she could go back to school. She has some major pyschological issues!
DUI is a crime precisely because of the lack of clear thinking in inebriation. This woman almost certainly remembers not one moment of that accident or her arrest. If she acted like that when she woke in her cell ? Fine. She’s a monster.
@@JodyOwen-we6oo selfish monsters out the public’s safety at risk driving a vehicle intoxicated. It’s not new info drinking and driving is bad. Monsters are selfish
@@JodyOwen-we6oo No, she was fully aware of what happened, she wasn't that drunk ffs, people are capable of empathy while drunk... she had none, this girl is a narcissist who views people as objects. She took no accountability at her sentencing... blamed alcohol. After being married to a diagnosed vulnerable narcissist I can spot them a mile away, and that is exactly the personality type she is.
@@prissymegan5202 The trouble with this is how severely alcohol can change your thinking. There are people who feel drunk drivers should be executed and then decide to drink and drive themselves while drunk. It's a scary drug honestly, and one of few that makes you black out so easily.
She wasn't that drunk..she just doesn't gaf that's what it comes down to.. probably daddies little princess can't do no wrong even if she does she does no wrong to daddy..it's a shame she a cute girl..14yrs smh
Anyone who represents a killer is a killer himself. Attorneys should be ashamed of themselves for representing such horrible people. How can they live with themselves and even show face to families who lose loved ones...
She was OVER 3 times the legal limit and more worried about her SnapChat comments than the actual victims. Hard to believe this vile individual has any capacity for remorse.
People have done way less and shown way more remorse and got a HELLA lot more time. Im staggered by the judges sentencing. Something has to be done about judges now. Theyre taking the piss.
The other charges seemed very minor though in comparison? Possession of cannabis, illegal transportation of alcohol? I am in the UK, so I don't even know what the second one means, but in the UK possession of cannabis is a very minor crime and doesn't carry a prison sentence if it's a small quantity for personal use (without intent to supply)...you probably wouldn't even be charged with anything for that...
She’s also doing it to make sure that they don’t make her spend anywhere close to 14 years, she’ll probably get one year and probation. It sounds like her parents have some money and some influence on this whole thing. Disgusting
@@finleyrage2672 She has to serve at least 85% of the 14 year sentence, so 11.9 years is the minimum time to be served: "A Farmington woman was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison for a fatal DUI crash that left two people dead. Stephanie Melgoza, 24, pleaded guilty to two counts each of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol and aggravated reckless driving in February. Melgoza must serve at least 85% of her sentence."
Unlike her atty stated, she didn’t plead guilty because she felt “remorse.” Rather she plead guilty because as her atty you told her she better plead guilty and pretend to sound remorseful. She should have gotten way more than a lousy 14 years. Shame on the judge for his pathetic discretion on sentencing. This judge gave no justice to the families of the victims!
That lawyer made no sense. “ We decided it be more prudent for her to accept responsibility and not be defiant”. No crap?! She killed two people and didn’t care. And she got 14 years? Whatever. That’s injustice for the families of the victims and anyone living in her community. She’s a total menace.
Seems that many of us are here after watching the bodycam video on Law & Crime Network, where she's laughing, singing, dancing, talking about going to Vegas, and has zero remorse. I was hoping to find footage of her in front of the judge, and wanted to see if she ever showed any genuine remorse. Doubt she ever had any. Vile garbage.
Yep! That's exactly what I was looking for. Footage of her after the alcohol had worn off and some indication that she actually is a human being. Apparently she's not though...
I would dearly love to wipe that supasillious smile off her face,14yrs is not enough for causing the death of two people she should have got at least 25 yrs and 10 yrs for smirking.
You lot are fucking clueless...she was battered and clearly not with it in that video ,the next day when she was charged and told again it would of sunk in ,she was even allowed to graduate ,14 years is 100% the correct decision when you factor in it was her that called in the fatal crash which got her reduced time and two charges on her dropped meaning that 14 was the max ...and before anyone says you clearly don't have kids or understand how bad she was I have two Daughters under ten and I don't think just punishing People the max changes what happened
Mental!! I have a niece and this girl reminds me of her. Selfish, everything is about them. Has her kids surrounded by an abusive man and she doesn't care. It's all about what she wants and how she feels with no worry about anyone else. Sick but there are people like that.
OK let me explain meaning of weird ,weird to me is females ! like Stephanie Melgorza who put their own responsibilities and kids on other people's lap 🤔 thinking those people should raise and take care of their children even though those people didn't give birth to those kids that kind of attitude and mentality sticks to my nerves.
Every person who drives in America knows the consequences of hitting someone. She not only drank and drove which is a crime in itself but she murdered two people. She's lucky she didn't get sentenced for life. I feel awful for those families
When did she admit she was wrong in that body cam? I didn’t see that. She cared more about when she was getting her totaled car back- and when she could go back to school. She sat there having a grand ol time singing to herself and smiling and talking up a storm she didn’t give a single care when they told her “you killed two people tonight” and they can’t just make up remorse when it’s convenient she should have been remorseful when she learned they died. Alcohol is an absolute menace, sure, but she was sober when she entered her not guilty plea initially so Lock her up and toss the key- nobody who can disregard life like that should be out in 14 years 🤷🏻♀️ IMO of course but most people don’t sit somewhere hearing “you killed them” and laugh and say “well me-me-me-me-me.”-“I can’t believe this is happening to ME”- “when do I get MY car back?” you are breathing nothing is happening “to you” that you didn’t bring on yourself. 🙄 it’s ridiculous her Attorneys trying to spin it like that. She genuinely thought she did nothing wrong, until she realized what she was in for then she sprouted all the “remorse”.
Watch the video of her laughing after learning she killed two people and assumed she'd go to school the next day. She's not remorseful and shame on whoever only gave her 14 years.
How did the woman only get 14 years in prison for MURDERING TWO PEOPLE.? What kind of laws are these? This woman should have gotten life without possibility of parole................SHE MURDERED TWO PEOPLE
She’s from the protected class (13% + 18%). If the 18% weren’t classified with whites in crime by race, the 31% would account for 80% of violent crime. That’s data. Not opinion.
i hope 14 years is enough for her to pay for her crimes inside prison. i hope her fellow inmates wipes away that smirk permanently & leaves her scarred and remorseful for life. she deserves the most awful of fates
Yeah, that arrest video really screams “remorseful”. What a pos. She needs to be taken behind a shed like Old Yeller, for everyone else’s safety. Some people are just broken and need to be thrown in the trash.
I watch a LOT of true crimes docs and DUI stops and hers was by far the most disgusting I've ever seen. I've seen many where drunks are belligerent, rude and make the whole process a nightmare for the cops but never seen someone be so nonchalant and blase after being told they just killed 2 people. Laughing, singing and more concerned with when she can go back to school. People like her deserve life in prison, no parole and a lifetime ban from ever driving again
I think she was trying dissociate from what actually happened. I guess she’s actually or at least was a sweet girl. My cousin knows her personally. Said he couldn’t believe this footage was her. He said college changed her. But I think she’s used to getting kinda spoiled bc her dad is a regional manager for McDonald’s and owned a breakfast place in town so one of those families who knows everyone. But it was still disgusting how she acted. My cousin told me about this when it happened. Then I see this video and had to ask him if this was who he meant. It’s crazy how one decision can be fatal like this.
@@pab1381 I'm far from an expert but I wouldn't put this down to disassociation. I put it down to alcohol magnifying and shining a light on a person's true character. The truth comes out. Her father also seems to be part of the problem with the way he responded to facebook hate the family was getting. The last thing you should be doing at a time like this is even talking about getting hate. He basically said it was my daughter's fault, leave us alone
@@The_18th_Fret yeah idk. I only know what my cousin told me as he knows the family. I don’t live down there. But yeah I was told she was actually a sweet girl but you’d never be able to tell looking at this.
"Remorseful" I just came from the bodycam video where she joked around and sang songs after police had told her she'd just killed two people. The legal system needs to find some way of telling the difference between remorse for actions, and fear/sadness over punishment.
that is right... the judge was a fool with this, due to they have the video after the scene... should be taken to the sentence and gave more justice to the killed people.
I saw the arrest video, OMG is she beyond aggravating. She couldn’t have cared less. She deserves every last year in prison she got. I think 14 years is too lenient. Those poor people. Too bad the cameras are never there the next day when they sober up and begin to realize what they have done.
That smirk will be wiped off her face once in prison. She just didn't kill those 2 people, but she killed herself. She will never ever get her life back once she's released from prison.
Whoever gave her 14 years needs to be fired from their judicial position. 7 years per person she killed. People get put into prison for 40 years for bringing weed across state lines and this woman gets to walk free in 14 years after two homicides. Disgusting.
The judge can't. Each crime has its parameters of punishment. It's absolutely disgusting. She is disgusting.
@@trext2277 They could, they said max was 28 years.
@@exime9500 they dropped some charges that would have brought it up to 28 yrs.
Yeah I got more time for weed than the lady who drown her kids in a bathtub in Texas. The system isn't balanced right. I was in with many people who killed people in DUI crashes who were in after me and out before me.
Not to mention some people get charged 7 years for getting a DUI especially when property is damaged.
So if anything this girl should get 21 years minimum 7 for DUI & 7 per person she killed
If you saw her arrest video, she deserves the full 28 years.
I saw how cute she was maybe that's why they let her off easy?
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The fact that her attorneys had to explain to her what the right thing to do was shows how heartless this woman is she deserves life
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Well she’s now married and expecting child. Someone thought this was mother material
@@homelander2243 What a catch
@@RonniePickeringMate there needs to be laws in place for that kind of thing. “Knock me up so I can have it easy in prison hehe” as if female jail isn’t already a giant sleepover of crushed up pills
@@homelander2243 Good luck to her when she gets out. She’s better off in there
If you watch the body cam footage, you can see that when the cop first arrives the front part of her car is censored. They weren’t hiding her license plate. That was one of the victims’ limbs that got stuck on her grill. No way she didn’t see that. Meanwhile she acted like she had no care in the world from the moment the officers showed up throughout the remaining footage. Awful woman
It was a leg, if I remember correctly. Quite disturbing.
She should get life. She killed TWO ppl.
Agree. She is a dangerous combo of Darrell Brooks and Jody Arias . Both killers and highly dangerous to the public
Her sentence is limited by the current laws. It was technically an accident (even though she very intentionally chose to drive drunk) and she doesn't have priors; she's not eligible for a life sentence.
Her actions DID destroy her life, though, so at least there's that.
100%
She wasn't dark enough
@@iketurner8212 if she was darker she could cry about racism to deflect from her own responsibility
The bodycam footage from this is INSANE, she deserves life. She was singing, laughing, basically still partying literal minutes after she killed these people.
Death penalty
She's an addict. She was beyond legal limit and just a hair under death by alcohol poisoning. If the people did not walk right in front of a moving vehicle they would still be alive. She did not purposely murder them. They were stupid and she was high.
She deserves the sentence she got. Sentences are not handed out to exact revenge. Imprisonment is primarily used to protect the community from dangerous criminals. Her recklessness and disregard for the safety of others is the reason she is in prison. Remorse is not a factor in sentencing unless the crime committed was intentional - in this case it wasn't. She is clearly a sociopathic narcissist based on the footage - 14 years is enough time for her to reflect and come to the conclusion that another DUI is not in her own self-interest. Life sentences are also a huge loss to the community as it often costs upwards of $50,000 per year of taxpayer money to house inmates. That is why the state is incentivised to take plea deals.
@@wchenful That's the problem with liberals they don't believe in punishment !
@@wchenful understand what you are saying, but I would disagree with it being not intentional. She intentionally drank. She intentionally drove.
She's not so drunk in the videos or in denial or shock. She hears what the officer says and gets indignant and wants to know if he's allowed to say those things to her. She's definitely comprehending the conversation.
That's democrats in the presidential office for ya 🤷♂️
@@tonyfuri9693 always one of you idiots bringing politics into places where its not needed
@@tonyfuri9693huh??
@@tonyfuri9693get help dude.
@@ariaaa_g letting killers out of jail. Real smart 🙄
Trump 2024. Let's have order and organization again. God bless America 🇺🇸
She’s a sociopathic serial killer. No amount of alcohol makes a person hit and kill two people, blame it on the two victims for “hitting her car”, brush off the murder by singing, laughing, planning a trip to Vegas with her next drinks and ask about going to class the next day. Insane, she should have got the maximum sentence
Thank you! I thought the same thing. She's incredibly sick.
She was clearly blackout drunk and concussed but I get the narrative you’re fighting for.
Killing two peoples in accident don't make you serial killer... educate yourself
@@morganablackwater2017 this would have been one of many. In her world she would have gotten her car back, gone to classes and then gone to Vegas to probably drink and drive till the next person hits her car. Read between the lines and listen to her
@@Bennythecoredriver maybe, I hope that is the case so that while she’s in jail she sobers up and repents and then when she gets out, can make a positive impact next time around no pun intended
There’s something much more wrong with this woman than the alcohol.
yupp
Yeah drug fucked
Psychopath
Yes, as a college student, it's startling to see so many fellow students enjoy their ketamine and ecstasy. It takes them to another place entirely, hence the lack of remorse.
When they're blk. You get a history of everything bad that happened in their life. If nothing. U get everything one of their family members did. But when they're non blk. U get this. Well. Used to get this. Because God DNA is back.
14 years is not enough !
Watch how awful she is on Law and Crime network. Awful person!
"I'm so sorry for everything, and I will never, ever commit anything like that again," Melgoza said in court, according to the Pekin Daily Times newspaper. "I have not drank since that day. I do not plan on drinking ever again. I want to try to do something positive to make a difference, speak out about this and warn others about the dangers that come with drinking."
absolutely vile woman. doesn't even recognise that it was her that did this, purely the drinks fault. if she's not a sociopath or a psychopath, she's certainly a top level narcissist. disgusting
@@gg-ps1vz yeah what the other dude said to you, what did you want her to say at this point
That’s what brought me here. At the 20 minute mark of that video it’s so disturbing.
@Jessie i'm sorry are we reading the same apology? it's not an apology. "I will never, ever commit anything like that again"? what? murder 2 people? this is an expectation not needing to be said, especially as the main point in your apology. She completely dissociates herself with her actions by putting blame on the drink, while she decided to drive there, drink at least 3 shots of vodka and hop right back in her car and kill two people. lmao b-b-but she said sorry 💀
@@cj-we3jf i don't want her to say anything. i'm criticising her completely shameless apology in which she seemingly takes no responsibility for her actions by 'raising awareness about the dangers that come with drinking'. how about raising awareness about driving to get drunk somewhere and hopping yourself back into your car and then laughing about killing 2 people? you've must've not seen the footage i've seen because you should be livid at this POS.
So killing people while driving drunk ranks lower on the offense scale, than defending yourself from a violent attack.
The world is very upside down.
That's "Justice" for ya!
No, that’s america for you.
@@Megitsune69 " No, that’s america for you. "
I'd say it's more like the 'western world' at the moment.
UK, they arrest people for misgendering, the same with Canada. Aussie was putting people on house arrest for not get the vaccine, as well as tackling tribesmen and forcing shots. Sweden arrested a family for attacking the men who kidnapped and rpd their daughter.
To be fair: in the US, firebombing a police car holds a lower sentence than standing 100 meters away from an abortion clinic with a sign saying "think twice before getting an abortion" .
Reading pornographic material is allowed in children's schools, while reading the same material allowed during an open school-board meeting will get you arrested.
'shoplifting' $999 is fine, but posting a political meme will have the FBI tracking you.
Entering the country illegally is rewarded with a cellphone, first class plane ticket, and $1000/night hotel, while driving a car with expired tags will get your car impounded.
Taking over 5 city blocks, burning down the police station, and declaring it a new country CHAZ, will have the mayor call it a 'summer of love' while entering the White House at invitation by security will have you in solitary confinement for 3 years waiting CHARGES. No Charges have been filed for the majority of these people, and only a handful have even seen the inside of a courtroom.
Western enforcement of laws are a joke.
She’s a woman
Are you a whiney gunsucker?
Imagine after serving 14 years the lady hit someone related to the judge that gave her 14. That would be some crazy karma
She’s an awful human. This woman laughing, joking, ignoring the cop entirely and asking about when SHE can go back to class when he told her she killed two people repeatedly, her not caring at all. Her laying there singing as the cop is saying “I don’t think you understand, I just told you, you killed two people”.
This is the entitled youth of today.
@@J.D.Vision amen. Lost generation
She was drunk
She clearly wasn't coherent in anyway to understand what was going on. Plus there's a good chance she was in complete denial / shock.
@@ZoubeirsWorldand? What's your point dude???
The fact she was allowed back on campus is insane.
Wait she was!!!!!!
@@larylorry5205 Yeah, and I also heard she wanted to walk and graduate with the rest of her class, but a lot of the students protested and stopped lt. Good for them! I hope the selfish, wreckless, witch rots in prison! She and others like her sickens me and makes me so angry! RIP to the victims that lost their lives due to this pathetic woman's actions!
Doesn’t matter, she’s most likely won’t get a good job with whatever degree she got anyway
I would imagine the school had no legal choice but to allow her back on campus since she had not been convicted of a crime at that point.
@@TommyMVSERVTI Yep. Imagine, she would've ended up in some position of power
At least 250 years is deserving for this woman.
The fact that she only got 14 years shows how the system is broken!
She didn’t plead guilty due to remorse, she knew she would be found guilty and wanted to look remorseful to get the lightest sentence she could.
And you know she probably wouldn’t even have done that if her lawyer didn’t advise her of that.
The judges are not stupid,they see this kind of shit all the time. Their not fooled by fake remorse.
@@robertflippin9112 well they let her off easy for killing 2 people so I’m guessing they did have remorse.
People who go to prison often times end up staying way longer for future charges, this isnt the end of it, she will mess up again
her lawyer looks sus, too.@@GraV21
The judge is a coward.
How long did she get ?
@@RdamWest 14 years
@@NiddyGritty smh🤦🏾♂️
The judge can ONLY sentence her to what the charges are if convicted. She pled guilty to a lesser charge per prosecution. Judge isn't the issue here. Ppl needa understand how the legal system works.
@Sussy Baka he could've sentenced her to 28 years.
She DIDNT plea guilty because of remorse, she pled guilty because she selfishly didn’t want to go through the jury proceedings ending at much worse sentence. In other words as a coward she took the shortcut just so she wouldn’t have to deal with everything
That could or could not be the case. Some ppl plea out because they cant afford to go to trial. A trial is VERY expensive. Also some people plea out because their lawyer admits he/she doesnt have a defense and it would be better to plea out instead of wasting the courts time/reaources. There can be several reason to plea. Its not always that cut and dry especially in a high profile case.
Its disgusting how she's smiling in her booking photo. That was AFTER she was told a dozen times she killed two people.
Anyone who has watched the RAW camera footage of the whole incident knows that she is ANYTHING than remorseful for her actions. 6 years would be a punch to the face to the victims family.
It's actually upsetting how people who clearly didn't watch the whole video defend her on Reddit and say she's in shock... yeah right. She's just a sociopath.
EXACTLY!!!
Are you a psychologist and are knowledgeable about traumatic shock reactions? I’m just curious bc I wonder if that is an actual possibility
@@avabelletx well you don't need me to tell you that you can look up other psychologists on UA-cam who have analyzed her response like Dr. Grande.
1 of 2 road ragers lost control of their vehicle at 90mph, slammed into my families vehicle and killed 4 of my family.
Each road rager got 4 years in prison and are now out.
I wish my family received just like this case.
Everyone is clearly here after watching that horrible bodycam footage posted on Law&Crime Network
yes i came from there too
Same
Facts
Clearly huh?
🥴Clearly 🥴
You take a life, you get life....plain and simple!!! It is so disrespectful to the victims and their families, she has NO remorse.
May divine justice rain down upon her and her family in the most punishing way possible for generations to come. The justice system failed this one!
The fact that she pleaded not guilty at first tells it all. And she didnt change her plea due to a sudden bout of remorse. Her lawyer told her to. I've never seen someone's mug shot and want to punch them in the face so badly.
So what if she didn't plead guilty at the first opportunity? No one who is facing decades behind bars ever pleads guilty on the first appearance. She's entitled to due process and not being rushed to judgement.
@wezite1983 I mean, I wouldn't say rushed to judgement. She got wasted and plowed down two people... Facts. That's why it baffled me that she straight up pled not guilty. I would've expected her to take a plea deal, as she ended up doing. She had a smug sense of entitlement during her little blackout adventure, and her "not guilty plea" correlated with that entitlement and her not taking accountability. So my post wasn't necessarily pertaining to the law aspect of it, as it was more about morality.
You pretty much ALWAYS should plead not guilty at arraignment. At that point you have barely seen your attorney or thought out your defense. You have not even met with the ADA. For a minor thing, sure. But not anything serious. And so what if "her lawyer told her to?" That is why you hire a lawyer!
@realazduffman Well then I stand corrected. So good for her I guess?... that she partook in expected proceedings. As I replied above, my comment was coming from a place of emotions, because I don't like that she recklessly killed 2 people.... I expected her to do a plea deal of some sort right away. I didn't know it was common practice to first plead not guilty no matter the pressing evidence. So law rules or not, I still think it's weird to plead not guilty for something when you are very much guilty and everyone knows you are. And since that's just the way our justice system works apparently, then our justice system is weird too.
@@mskyn150 Plea deals take time. Even more time in this kind of thing, In fact if she were to plead guilty at her arraignment the judge would probably question her about doing so and advise she talk with counsel. Ever watch shows like "Law and Order" where they show the process?
In her case it would be about getting a better sentence. If she just plead guilty from the get-go she would likely get the max sentence on everything to serve consecutively. She got a better deal by following the legal process. Her lawyer did his job properly.
The people who were killed are around the same age as my parents. If I were their kid I'd never forgive this chick for as long as I live
I would be waiting for her when she gets released early. Eye for an eye.
exactly what he said, i’d be going to jail next
No I would catch a weak charge to get next to her. I would identify as a female.
Right? only 7 years for killing someone , phtt not even a decade and maybe even 6 years or less if the system don't want to pay for incarceration anymore or feel worth it.
Yea no shit sherlock
I’ve seen a guy in REAL LIFE get 15 years for having to shoot a man off of him. The system is truely broken.
14 years?
The Judge that gave her this weak sentence should be removed from the bench, have her judgeship revoked, and never allow that judge in a courtroom again.
This deserves AT LEAST 30 years, minimum
That monster wasn’t the least bit remorseful. More like her attorney told her is she didn’t plead guilty she’d get way more time after the jury watched the body cam footage.
That bit_h wasn’t remorseful at all. And plead guilty They are just saying that so she would get a lighter sentence. And there was no way out of the BA level.
spot on!
Actual facts!!!!
Well, that’s a lawyer’s job.... Her defense was that the people quickly walked out in front of her car, but that’s what we have eyes for. It’s our responsibility to look out for pedestrians. Wait for a red light to eat or look at your phone
@@CharlieSheenIsFired Where I lve its still illegal to look at your phone at a red light
Ugh this woman is despicable!
If she were to get probation, and I lived in that area, I would rally a bunch of people to make signs that says “the judge doesn’t care about justice for the victims and is had made a mockery out of this case. In no way possible should you be allowed to drive under the influence with as high of BAC as she had, and kill two people and be let off on probation. That’s complete bullshit. I hope she rots in jail for at least 10 years and that should be MINIMUM.
She should have gotten the MAXIMUM!!! 28 YEARS!!! HER DEMEANOR, THE LACK OF EMPATHY FOR THE VICTIMS AND THE FAMILIES IS SO SICKENING!!! The FAMILIES asked for the MAXIMUM 28 years and was DENIED!!!
What a POS woman...14 years for killing 2 people while intoxicated 😱😱 shame on the judge. That's our justice system 😡
Her smiling mug shot tells you everything you need to know about her "remorse."
She pled guilty to receive a lighter sentence, if it went to trial and a jury saw the video she would be spending the rest of her life in prison.
No, thats not how that works.
Seeing her in the ER, was absolutely repulsive. I think NOW she realizes she won't be going back to school. Her sentence isn't long enough. Hopefully, the time in prison will force her to become a better person.
Even smirking in her mugshot.. I haven't scoffed so hard in a while. Man, absolutely disgusting and terrifying that this is just the bare minimum of the evil that's really out there.. and our American Justice system is absolute BS that you can take 20+ years off the two deceased by being irresponsible and lacking care for another life and yet only 6-16 years for the evil that this woman has committed. The bare minimum should be 25+. That's fair. The justice system in America, CONSTANTLY infuriates me..
Bout the dumbest thing you can do unless you’re pablo escobar and the arresting officers are mysteriously killed and you get released, otherwise you look silly
She blew a 2,6
@@coryburns9161 she didn’t even realize she hit two people and didn’t even care for the one that she did. Let alone killing them. She deserves 20+
@Trilly yeah I saw the arrest video the policeman asked her on a scale of 1-10 how drunk are you she said that she has been way more drunk so she said 5 out of 10 just think how under the influence she was in the past
@@chasecheer1000 smd bozo, moonshine fuq
She still has that smirk on her face.
May she have as much continued success as the 2 whose lives she ended.
She has been married and impregnated so genetically and marriage wise she has already been awarded more than many law abiding citizens.
F me. She's been married longer than the 5 minutes she granted that poor couple, and now has a child. That makes me sick.
She wasnt remorseful she just didnt want to get a maximum sentence from a jury trial.
Should of been 2 IMMEDIATE life sentences. No judge or court needed. 🤬
14 years definitely was not enough. So the two lives she took was only worth 7 years each?? That is awful!! I saw the video of her arrest & she was just disgusting!!! She was laughing & didn’t care about the lives she took. All she cared about was going to school the next day. She showed no remorse even after the officer told her she killed 2 people. What an awful person she is!!! My thoughts & prayers go out to the 2 people whose lives she took🌻
Yes, I'm pretty sure their loved ones would disagree that 7 years was enough time for a lifetime without them! 💯
She’ll get out in 2 years
Hispanic priviledge
She'll be out sooner I think. I was sentence to 8 years and got out in 3 years 9 months.
@@reapthewhirlwind6915 the judge says she has to do 85 percent
Watching the body cam footage enraged me. They say alcohol reveals who you are, and it revealed her to be so narcissistic that she is incapable of caring about another person. This is disgraceful. She should be in prison for the rest of her natural life both because of the lives she took and to protect all of the others out in society. Shame on you, Stephanie.
They call it liquid courage. I call it liquid stupidity. The fact she chose to get behind the wheel with a BAL of.26 is proof positive of that.
@@davester1970 Totally agree. We ALL know about drinking and driving. It is a choice you make; if you must drink to that degree, plan ahead. Give your keys to an actual responsible adult. Choosing to drive drunk is the same as knowingly throwing a weapon around. Someone can get hurt and die. There is not one single funny thing about it.
@@phillisob - You are right that there is nothing funny about drinking and driving. Usually it is the drunk driver that walks away from the accident unscathed while a family of 4 gets injured or killed.
About 10 years ago I had a friend who got popped for DWI. I asked him why he didn't call me to pick him up. Sure it would have been a pain in the ass to get up at 3am to drive him home. At least I would be saving lives and prevented him from a night in the joint.
@@davester1970 there was a family of 5 that lived around the corner from us. They were five minutes from home after a trip to Disneyland, when a drunk driver struck them from the side, killing all of them. I don't know what sentence he got but I hope he was put away for life. Young people don't think and they get behind-the-wheel, thinking they are capable of handling a little alcohol and driving. But they ruin people's lives, including their own. I will never forget that😢
Alcohol revealed that she's a real piece of sh*t.
She pled guilty because she knew if she had a jury trial she’d never see the light of day again.
Why in the F do DUI drivers always survive these horrible accidents?! They’re the ones who should be in the casket.
Sadly, the explanation is often scientific. When people are under the influence, their bodies are often more limber and loose than people who are sober. When you get into an accident, you tend to tense up, which can harm your body more than when you are loose. Similar idea to how something stiff can be broken easier than something that is loose and limber.
How many people came here after watching the LAW & CRIME body cam 🙋♀️. I couldn't believe how heartless and niave the girl was. The severity of what she had was completely lost on her
I'm totally shocked by the footage. She's totally unphased. All like: "Yeah, I killed two people so what? Tough sh*t."
Do you know of any other information on this case? I've seen the body cam video and Dr. Grande's take on it. SO appalling!
@@TheJemstar28 Her father on local news is undone/angry w/all the negative comments on SM & demanding they stop!
Saying he feels bad for the families & she’s paying for it. “Leave us alone!!!”
Wow
,
That judge should be ashamed of themselves for not sending this lady to prison for many more years than they ultimately did they are disgrace to the Justice system.
Judges do also have guidelines that they have to opporate within. Thwh cant just do what ever they want.
If they give her probation, that will be nothing but a slap in the face to the two people she killed and their families!! She laughed when they told her she killed them, then asked when she would get her car back so she could go to school the next day!!! 😡😡😡😡
She hit them so hard they had partial limb amputations and blunt force trauma yet on the body camera footage she can be seen laughing and joking around and talking about going to class the next day! No thought to the people whose lives she ended and their families forever changed because she decided to drive drunk! In these days of Uber/Lyft she chooses to drive drunk and end two lives.......*disgusting*!!!!
yep , a she was been so fckg idiot , antipathic and psico
She said she was going at least 40 but she also undersold how much she had to drink.
I was reading a comment on the body camera footage and the chance of survival really goes up exponentially each 5mph faster you’re going.
Hitting a pedestrian at 40mph has about a 90% mortality rate. And she probably undersold that and was probably actually going 50.
She could see one of the victims legs stuck in the grill of her car and all she was worried about was when she could get her car back. She has no soul.
It blows my mind she was allowed to graduate.
This makes me wonder how Stephanie's defense would have looked like without a lawyer who advised her that is prudent to admit that you're in the wrong when you run over two people by car while heavily intoxicated 😥
What’s wrong with our judge system? She should get death penalty, she killed two innocent people and no showed any Remorse, this terrible human being still can walk outside after just 14years! How unfair to those innocent lives !
She was going to "join the DUI club", she clearly knew what was going on. Drinking, then driving, then killing two people with basically no remorse, and getting 14 years is crazy.
Deserves more time
14 years???? That's it? What in the world is wrong with our Justice system.😡
She got 14 years that is 7 years per life she took! Absolutely disgusting 🤬
What!? Only 14 years... This woman destroyed lives! While this verdict is shocking, it's not surprising. Our criminal "justice" system needs an overhaul. Everything needs to change. The biggest problem is, broken things can't be fixed by those who broke them.
"The two people you hit are dead!"
Stares blankly at cop...and probably thinks, "Yeah well they shouldn't have walked in front of my road party! OMG...I'm going to Vegas next month what the hell....Ugh...can I go now? This is getting soooo boring..."
How they let her off with such a light sentence is exactly what gives people the idea that certain demographs are above the law....She'll do a token few years and get paroled in time for her party to get going again....Disgusting!
she is a bad unconscious girl...
The reason certain people get less time is because there is a difference between a first time offender and someone who has had 20 other convictions. You sound ignorant. If you were at all intelligent you would know that there is a score sheet used in felony cases and you get points for everything that impacts your life negatively or positively from before birth. Using that score sheet the judge decides if you need the minimum or maximum sentence that is assigned to whatever statutory charges you are facing. All charges have minimums and maximums.
If you been a felon for 10 years you are NOT getting 14 years for this same crime. But I'm sure it's JUST because someone is a "certain demographic". lmao
I often think it's a certain demographic that is too dumb to understand the legal system in this country. I'm sure it's much better in the motherland. You should go there.
@@Ontheroxxwithsalt You sound triggered AF...LOL
@@Ontheroxxwithsalt I'm pretty sure by "certain demographic" they meant women.
@@Ontheroxxwithsalt 😂Someone’s triggered!😂
You must have missed her saying she’s been much more drunk before, so she felt she was about a 5, on a scale of 10.
Repeat offender. Just never caught.
The judge must have seen the footage. He let her off w/a hand slap.
Talk about ignorance...You actually believe what you wrote? ‘’You get points for everything ...even BEFORE BIRTH???”🤣
You must also believe a fetus knows they’re the wrong sex, too! As has now been claimed.🤣🤣🤣
I’d say go back to school, but you’re another sad product of it. 😂
Good luck to you dear. SMH
The fact she killed someone’s parents is so sad
Sounds like she still thought she could get away with it but her attorney advised her to just admit guilt because she would get more time when found guilty. She wasn’t remorseful.
So a man gets 41 years for a deadly DUI crash that kills two unborn infants and expresses remorse yet this smug disgusting arrogant unremorseful sob gets only 14 years with probation?! This so called “justice system” is clearly screwed up horrifically. She needs to be put behind bars for 45 years!
She’s not remorseful. She pleaded not guilty until her lawyer explained she can’t get the jury on her side once prosecution shows the video, so she changed her plea begrudgingly to avoid a harsher sentence
Imagine the lawyer having that conversation with her. Trying to explain what her behavior on camera revealed about her.
@@nutwatch1854 the conversation was one-sided, and I’m sure filled with a lot of “but…!”
@@kp5496 Spiteful look: "Can you say that as a lawyer?"
For her attitude when arrested, she deserves at least 20-28 years. No, she wasn't belligerent, but that's probably because she believed she wasn't going to get much time in jail. After all, in her mind it wasn't a big deal, she was only concerned with when she could get her car back, and when she could go back to school. She has some major pyschological issues!
DUI is a crime precisely because of the lack of clear thinking in inebriation. This woman almost certainly remembers not one moment of that accident or her arrest.
If she acted like that when she woke in her cell ? Fine. She’s a monster.
@@JodyOwen-we6oo selfish monsters out the public’s safety at risk driving a vehicle intoxicated. It’s not new info drinking and driving is bad. Monsters are selfish
@@JodyOwen-we6oo No, she was fully aware of what happened, she wasn't that drunk ffs, people are capable of empathy while drunk... she had none, this girl is a narcissist who views people as objects. She took no accountability at her sentencing... blamed alcohol. After being married to a diagnosed vulnerable narcissist I can spot them a mile away, and that is exactly the personality type she is.
@@prissymegan5202 The trouble with this is how severely alcohol can change your thinking. There are people who feel drunk drivers should be executed and then decide to drink and drive themselves while drunk. It's a scary drug honestly, and one of few that makes you black out so easily.
She wasn't that drunk..she just doesn't gaf that's what it comes down to.. probably daddies little princess can't do no wrong even if she does she does no wrong to daddy..it's a shame she a cute girl..14yrs smh
Anyone who represents a killer is a killer himself. Attorneys should be ashamed of themselves for representing such horrible people. How can they live with themselves and even show face to families who lose loved ones...
She was more concerned about going to school and a trip to Vegas than the two lives she had ended.
She was OVER 3 times the legal limit and more worried about her SnapChat comments than the actual victims. Hard to believe this vile individual has any capacity for remorse.
People have done way less and shown way more remorse and got a HELLA lot more time. Im staggered by the judges sentencing. Something has to be done about judges now. Theyre taking the piss.
The fact that her original plea was "Not Guilty" tells me everything I need to know about this trash human.
A little over a decade is a huge jump from two life sentences. Justice my ass.
Let her rot. Giving her a light sentence because she's a young girl who's faking remorse is a middle finger to the victims..
She didn't plead guilty because she felt remorse, she plead guilty in a deal for them to drop all the other charges
Yes, that's exactly why. She's too, self centered to admit guilt, narcissist's don't feel remose or empathy.
The other charges seemed very minor though in comparison? Possession of cannabis, illegal transportation of alcohol? I am in the UK, so I don't even know what the second one means, but in the UK possession of cannabis is a very minor crime and doesn't carry a prison sentence if it's a small quantity for personal use (without intent to supply)...you probably wouldn't even be charged with anything for that...
She complete the guilty and left and kill more people she like psychopath.
She’s also doing it to make sure that they don’t make her spend anywhere close to 14 years, she’ll probably get one year and probation. It sounds like her parents have some money and some influence on this whole thing. Disgusting
@@finleyrage2672 She has to serve at least 85% of the 14 year sentence, so 11.9 years is the minimum time to be served:
"A Farmington woman was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison for a fatal DUI crash that left two people dead.
Stephanie Melgoza, 24, pleaded guilty to two counts each of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol and aggravated reckless driving in February.
Melgoza must serve at least 85% of her sentence."
what her lawyer just said is proof that she feels zero remorse and the only life she cares about is herself
Unlike her atty stated, she didn’t plead guilty because she felt “remorse.” Rather she plead guilty because as her atty you told her she better plead guilty and pretend to sound remorseful. She should have gotten way more than a lousy 14 years. Shame on the judge for his pathetic discretion on sentencing. This judge gave no justice to the families of the victims!
That lawyer made no sense. “ We decided it be more prudent for her to accept responsibility and not be defiant”. No crap?! She killed two people and didn’t care. And she got 14 years? Whatever. That’s injustice for the families of the victims and anyone living in her community. She’s a total menace.
Totally agree, what the hell does she have to be defiant about? She should be praying for the family's of her victims every day of her life.
Maybe I was projecting, but I felt a good bit of disgust in her lawyer's tone.
Seems that many of us are here after watching the bodycam video on Law & Crime Network, where she's laughing, singing, dancing, talking about going to Vegas, and has zero remorse. I was hoping to find footage of her in front of the judge, and wanted to see if she ever showed any genuine remorse. Doubt she ever had any. Vile garbage.
That's exactly what I was looking for as well. Something, anything to even slightly redeem the wretched, vile beast from the body cam footage.
Me 3 🤦🏻♀️
Yep! That's exactly what I was looking for. Footage of her after the alcohol had worn off and some indication that she actually is a human being. Apparently she's not though...
I would dearly love to wipe that supasillious smile off her face,14yrs is not enough for causing the death of two people she should have got at least 25 yrs and 10 yrs for smirking.
You lot are fucking clueless...she was battered and clearly not with it in that video ,the next day when she was charged and told again it would of sunk in ,she was even allowed to graduate ,14 years is 100% the correct decision when you factor in it was her that called in the fatal crash which got her reduced time and two charges on her dropped meaning that 14 was the max ...and before anyone says you clearly don't have kids or understand how bad she was I have two Daughters under ten and I don't think just punishing People the max changes what happened
It’s crazy because there’s millions like her out there
Mental!! I have a niece and this girl reminds me of her. Selfish, everything is about them. Has her kids surrounded by an abusive man and she doesn't care. It's all about what she wants and how she feels with no worry about anyone else. Sick but there are people like that.
Unfortunately, a good part of society is made up of them. Scary.
Too many of those kinds of females if you ask me.
Yes those shallow egotistical ppl like that lil brat. They are all for what’s immoral in today’s society.
@@esonupontoo5520What's up with men saying "females" instead of women? It's weird and feels disrespectful.
OK let me explain meaning of weird ,weird to me is females ! like Stephanie Melgorza who put their own responsibilities and kids on other people's lap 🤔 thinking those people should raise and take care of their children even though those people didn't give birth to those kids that kind of attitude and mentality sticks to my nerves.
Every person who drives in America knows the consequences of hitting someone. She not only drank and drove which is a crime in itself but she murdered two people. She's lucky she didn't get sentenced for life. I feel awful for those families
You're a cute woman, and you have a cool French-like surname. Also I completely agree with everything you said.
@@aspiknfok pervert.
Guess she missed her Vegas trip…..heartless human being. R.I.P to the victims and their families 😢🙏🏼
Justice for the victims family! 14 years in prison is a joke. Judge should be thrown in jail as well.
When did she admit she was wrong in that body cam? I didn’t see that. She cared more about when she was getting her totaled car back- and when she could go back to school. She sat there having a grand ol time singing to herself and smiling and talking up a storm she didn’t give a single care when they told her “you killed two people tonight” and they can’t just make up remorse when it’s convenient she should have been remorseful when she learned they died. Alcohol is an absolute menace, sure, but she was sober when she entered her not guilty plea initially so Lock her up and toss the key- nobody who can disregard life like that should be out in 14 years 🤷🏻♀️ IMO of course but most people don’t sit somewhere hearing “you killed them” and laugh and say “well me-me-me-me-me.”-“I can’t believe this is happening to ME”- “when do I get MY car back?” you are breathing nothing is happening “to you” that you didn’t bring on yourself. 🙄 it’s ridiculous her Attorneys trying to spin it like that. She genuinely thought she did nothing wrong, until she realized what she was in for then she sprouted all the “remorse”.
Yeah we saw the video detective. No need to pour your heart out.
@@guppygb6078 awww did that make you feel good about yourself? Glad I could help bud ✌🏻🫶🏻
@@Myosotis.journaling Yikes. You're kinda weird and unstable bro.
@@Myosotis.journaling They named themselves guppy what do you expect them to be like🙄
ua-cam.com/video/p4Kgw9iP4uo/v-deo.html. The school let her walk across stage for diploma.
Watch the video of her laughing after learning she killed two people and assumed she'd go to school the next day. She's not remorseful and shame on whoever only gave her 14 years.
How did the woman only get 14 years in prison for MURDERING TWO PEOPLE.? What kind of laws are these? This woman should have gotten life without possibility of parole................SHE MURDERED TWO PEOPLE
Don’t forget that there are people like this walking around OUR planet
Imagine having John Goodman as your lawyer. Wow.
Such a ridiculously privileged entitled rich girl, mommy and daddy can buy her out of any single situation and it works, so sad
Lmao
@@finleyrage2672 do you know who John Goodman is lmao
That’s exactly who I thought of when I saw him!
@@finleyrage2672 LMAO you obviously didn’t get the joke 😂
Why didn’t you guys show the body cam footage of her dancing in the hospital?!
She’s from the protected class (13% + 18%). If the 18% weren’t classified with whites in crime by race, the 31% would account for 80% of violent crime. That’s data. Not opinion.
She was obviously drunk as hell, y’all sound dumb
because they already have it on full display on body cam footage no need to have the family members of that to stick the knife in deeper
Give her the chair. Disgusting. Our justice system is pathetic.
VILE woman.
SHES DESERVES LIFE WTFF!!!!
I hope she gets parole.
Clearly, it wasn't her fault. It was the alcohol.
Give her 50 years to LIFE
I hope she doesn’t make it out of prison!
She was only sentenced to 14 years. I just hope she learns her lesson when she's released.
i hope 14 years is enough for her to pay for her crimes inside prison. i hope her fellow inmates wipes away that smirk permanently & leaves her scarred and remorseful for life. she deserves the most awful of fates
Yeah, that arrest video really screams “remorseful”. What a pos. She needs to be taken behind a shed like Old Yeller, for everyone else’s safety. Some people are just broken and need to be thrown in the trash.
Lol old yeller. Sad but true.
Exactly
She didn't plead guilty because of remorse, or feeling bad for the victims. She pleaded guilty because that way she gets a lesser sentence.
"She decided to plead guilty because she feels remorseful for her actions"
Nope, we don't buy it...
Make alcohol illegal. Problem solved
Umm, they tried that. Did you skip history lessons?
I watch a LOT of true crimes docs and DUI stops and hers was by far the most disgusting I've ever seen. I've seen many where drunks are belligerent, rude and make the whole process a nightmare for the cops but never seen someone be so nonchalant and blase after being told they just killed 2 people. Laughing, singing and more concerned with when she can go back to school. People like her deserve life in prison, no parole and a lifetime ban from ever driving again
Clearly never blacked out before
I think she was trying dissociate from what actually happened. I guess she’s actually or at least was a sweet girl. My cousin knows her personally. Said he couldn’t believe this footage was her. He said college changed her. But I think she’s used to getting kinda spoiled bc her dad is a regional manager for McDonald’s and owned a breakfast place in town so one of those families who knows everyone. But it was still disgusting how she acted. My cousin told me about this when it happened. Then I see this video and had to ask him if this was who he meant. It’s crazy how one decision can be fatal like this.
@@pab1381 I'm far from an expert but I wouldn't put this down to disassociation. I put it down to alcohol magnifying and shining a light on a person's true character. The truth comes out. Her father also seems to be part of the problem with the way he responded to facebook hate the family was getting. The last thing you should be doing at a time like this is even talking about getting hate. He basically said it was my daughter's fault, leave us alone
@@The_18th_Fret yeah idk. I only know what my cousin told me as he knows the family. I don’t live down there. But yeah I was told she was actually a sweet girl but you’d never be able to tell looking at this.
Just came here after watching that, was hoping to see this smug witch get sentenced live
"Remorseful"
I just came from the bodycam video where she joked around and sang songs after police had told her she'd just killed two people.
The legal system needs to find some way of telling the difference between remorse for actions, and fear/sadness over punishment.
that is right... the judge was a fool with this, due to they have the video after the scene... should be taken to the sentence and gave more justice to the killed people.
That was her lawyer. He is legally required to try to get her the easiest sentence possible
She’ll be out by 38. Still have a whole life to live. While 2 families are ruined forever.
Bravo justice system!
She must have had a good lawyer or a lousy prosecutor. Why was a plea bargain even necessary in this case
I saw the arrest video, OMG is she beyond aggravating. She couldn’t have cared less. She deserves every last year in prison she got. I think 14 years is too lenient. Those poor people. Too bad the cameras are never there the next day when they sober up and begin to realize what they have done.
That smirk will be wiped off her face once in prison. She just didn't kill those 2 people, but she killed herself. She will never ever get her life back once she's released from prison.