Danielle Cross later spent a month in a psychiatric ward after trying to kill herself. When she was released, her apartment, car, dogs and job were all gone.
In court, even the prosecutor assumed she'd get an easy sentence in the local detention center for the 2004 accident. Instead, she was put away for 16 months in state prison - locked in a cell block with hardened criminals.
"Vehicular homicide is murder," she reminded her rapt...
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