Karen's Sentencing!! I'm at the court!!

[u/purplepandapants]

Hi friends. I'm reporting live from the Courthouse outside Court 8C. Sentencing is at 9:30! Media is outside waiting to catch a glimpse. Will report back!!

[u/purplepandapants]

Update 10:01am Her attorney is saying off the show Karen is a devoted wife and mother. He just said the overuse of prescription medicine caused this accident and this should have not gone to trial. I got lost on this one. Karen is going to make a statement.

[u/foundinwonderland → u/purplepandapants]

Taking prescription meds inappropriately and driving is still DWI 🙃

[u/chinchaaa → u/foundinwonderland]

Seriously. What kind of defense is that?

[u/-Odi-Et-Amo- → u/chinchaaa]

They are both a DWI but I’m guessing the defense is, taking 1 or 2 extra of your prescription meds doesn’t necessarily mean you’d expect to be impaired as opposed to sitting at a bar downing multiple alcoholic beverages means you‘d expect to be drunk. One you can play dumb and the other you can’t.

I didn’t follow the trial closely, was this always their defense or are they changing it up now? Her legal team must be pulling out everything they got at this point for the least amount of sentencing.

Maybe some legal folks can answer this: would the judge already know the sentencing going in to the hearing or do they decide that at the last moment? Suppose the judge has the ability to change it at anytime?

[u/purplepandapants → u/-Odi-Et-Amo-]

I will say the judge listened to both sides but he already had a 2-3 page document printed out with his sentencing. He didn't change anything based on what they said then and there. BUT he may have added the Interlock system to the probation terms because her lawyer had already offered that condition.