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The 22-year-old is serving a sentence of 15 years to life after being convicted of murder in 2023.
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Mackenzie Shirilla, 21, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus – a legal request used to challenge unlawful imprisonment.
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In this episode of Chris Cuomo Crime Time, Chris sits down separately with Natalie and Steve Shirilla, the parents of Mackenzie Shirilla, to hear their side regarding their daughter's conviction. In 2023, a Cuyahoga County judge convicted their daughter of murder in a bench trial, finding she intentionally drove her car into a Strongsville, Ohio building at roughly 100 miles per hour in July 2022, killing her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanagan. She is serving 15 years to life. Her parents maintain it was a tragic accident, not an intentional act, and are still fighting the conviction after the state appeals court upheld it and the Ohio Supreme Court declined to intervene. Chris Cuomo gives each parent room to make…
“We ALL deserve fair representation and once you review her case you’ll agree she did not get that,” her supporters wrote on social media Monday.
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Mackenzie Shirilla’s mother, Natalie Shirilla, is speaking out after Netflix’s “The Crash” reignited outrage over the deadly 2022 Ohio crash that killed Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan. Mackenzie was 17 years old when prosecutors said she deliberately drove into a brick wall at 100 miles per hour, killing her boyfriend and friend. She was convicted in a bench trial and sentenced to 15 years to life, but Natalie insists the public still does not know the full story. In this episode of “Drop Dead Serious,” Ashleigh Banfield is joined by Chris Cuomo, who sat down for an exclusive interview with Natalie Shirilla and pressed her on the questions still surrounding her daughter’s case, from the crash evidence and trial strategy to…
Natalie Shirilla defended her daughter's public image following the release of Netflix's The Crash.
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Lower courts ruled her filing was late by one day.
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Mackenzie Shirilla was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan.
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Christine Russo, the older sister of Dominic Russo, joins “Jesse Weber Live” to discuss her push to reform Ohio’s “Son of Sam” laws, which are designed to prevent convicted criminals from profiting off publicity related to their crimes. Russo's online petition to modernize the law has already gathered over 130,000 signatures. Dominic Russo was one of the victims killed in a 2022 crash caused by Mackenzie Shirilla. #mackenzieshirilla #sonofsamlaws #ohio "Jesse Weber Live" brings a fresh, fast-paced, and often unexpected take on the day’s headlines, diving into the biggest stories through the lens of legal expertise.
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Tonight on "Jesse Weber Live" — the Ebola crisis worsening in central Africa. And now there is fear of the disease reaching beyond Africa. Jesse gets the latest from a reporter specializing in biomedicine. Plus, Jesse has an exclusive interview with Christine Russo, the sister of Dominic Russo, who died tragically after 17-year-old MacKenzie Shirilla drove her car into a wall while going 100 miles per hour. You know, it’s the case featured on Netflix’s “The Crash." Christine joins Jesse because she is pushing to update the law to prevent killers from profiting on social media off their crimes. And more from former Capo of the Colombo crime family Michael Franzese… we’ll show you what you didn’t see on "Jesse Weber Live"…
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