A man named Cameron Herrin pled guilty last December to vehicular homicide after killing a woman named Jessica Reisinger-Raubenolt and her daughter, Lillia, after illegally racing along Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa in 2018. Herrin was driving a Mustang 100 miles an hour at the time of the crash, WFLA reports, when he hit the mother and daughter pushing her child in a stroller.
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During Herrin’s sentencing this month, the now 21-year-old was filmed as he received the news, which included 24 years in prison. The video was posted on Reddit’s r/PublicFreakout. Herrin isn’t exactly freaking out, but even with a mask covering most of his face, he is clearly shocked to receive so much time in prison:
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Herrin was racing against another driver named John Barrineau, who also plead guilty and received six years in prison, so he must have expected some jail time. But not a quarter of a century.
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Since the incident, Bayshore has gone through some changes. Stoplights have been installed, and there is now a reduced speed limit. But street racing was illegal then and remains so now. Herrin’s family begged the judge to consider the age he was at the time of the offense, but David Raubenolt, who lost his wife and daughter in one horrible accident, was unmoved when he gave testimony.
“I think you’ve shown a lack of accountability. I think you have shown zero remorse,” he said. “The maximum sentence is appropriate for the horrendous nature of the crime and the death of two beautiful innocent girls.”
“This crime took two beautiful lives and left four families broken. No sentence can repair that damage or bring back the lives lost, but we hope this outcome delivers some comfort and closure for Jessica’s and Lillia’s families,” Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren said in a statement.
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The comments on the Reddit post were mixed, with some arguing that Herrin deserved his punishment, and others deeming his sentence too harsh:
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*First Published: April 30, 2021, 10:38 am
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