Progressive prosecutor lets illegal immigrant teen off easy after crash that killed 24 year-old woman
A teenage illegal immigrant who killed a -year-old Colorado woman during a high-speed crash was given a lenient plea deal by a progressive district attorney that allowed him to walk free without serving any jail time The -year-old Colombian teen who has not been publicly named because of state laws that shield the identity of underage criminal defendants was sentenced to two years probation and hours of society operation for the July death of Kaitlyn Weaver her father John Weaver recounted Fox News Digital The office of Arapahoe County District Attorney Amy Padden offered the teen a plea deal if he admitted his guilt in the deadly crash PROGRAMS ALERT TUNE INTO FOX AND FRIENDS FRIDAY MORNING TO SEE THE FATHER OF KAITLYN WEAVER The teen was racing his Jeep with other kids at speeds of mph in a residential neighborhood in the Denver suburb of Aurora when he T-boned Weaver's car at an intersection her father commented It was an instantaneous death John Weaver commented Kaitlyn Weaver was waiting at a stop sign and speaking to her boyfriend on speakerphone at the time she was struck he stated She was kept on life help for two days before she was taken off and her organs were donated The teen suspect was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide At the time the Weavers were narrated by the DA's office the event was a no plea offer situation John Weaver announced However in January Padden who received endorsements from Sen Bernie Sanders I-Vt and Democratic Colorado Gov Jared Polis informed the Weaver family her office would negotiate a probation plea deal BLUE SANCTUARY STATE OPERATING AS 'CONTROL' CENTER FOR VICIOUS MIGRANT GANG ACTING DEA CHIEF They declared by doing two years probation that's allegedly more than the judge would give if he pleaded guilty John Weaver announced You don't have to participate in a bad system If the judge wished to sentence him to less that's the judge's issue What happened in this situation is you prosecutors created it into your issue Now you're part of the trouble The Weavers' attorney Matthew Durkin called the deal abhorrent noting that Weaver was killed during the prime of her life John Weaver noted that the teen who killed his daughter was in the United States illegally and unlicensed We had a collision where the immigration system and the criminal justice system collided and now my daughter's dead he noted The teen had taken the uninsured Jeep without his mother's permission according to local reports His mother notified agents she planned to move him back to Colombia but he has since applied for asylum Arapahoe County Assistant District Attorney Ryan Brackley reported he unequivocally condemns the teen's reckless and unlawful behavior which had devastating and irreversible results We believe the conviction to the highest charge in this matter and the negotiated sentence acknowledges the seriousness of this preventable tragedy and that no legal outcome can truly make up for the profound loss and void Kaitlyn s loved ones will live with permanently Brackley announced In a Facebook post this week Padden addressed Weaver's death while focusing on the dangers of speeding We acknowledge Kaitlyn Weaver s death was the direct outcome of a crash caused by an unlicensed teenager driving at nearly twice the posted speed limit she wrote This tragic loss is a powerful reminder that it is not just alcohol or drug-impaired driving that takes lives Driving at dangerous speeds has deadly consequences too and they are felt by our entire population
