Shana Elliott pleaded guilty March 5 in the 2016 drunk driving crash that killed Fabian Guerrero-Moreno, 23, and injured his pregnant wife, Kristian Guerrero.
There is no they. Shana Elliott was questioned by HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY Kristian Guerrero was questioned by THE PROSECUTOR. Both of whom did the job they were supposed to do
Because she white and trial located in Texas. Unfortunately she probably not going to spend a day in jail. If is the other way around, would be a different story.
I’ve watched both women being questioned and the bias is unbelievable. After losing her husband & unborn child, Kristian was asked if the child was her husbands and if her husband was an illegal immigrant. Shana, the woman who killed Kristians family, was told happy birthday, asked about her childhood, and offered a glass of water. It may have been her defendant asking questions in this video, but still my heart hurts for Kristian
That's exactly why, it's the defense questioning her so he is being soft, trying to humanize her as much as possible to have jury sympathize. This is sickening she started by admitting guilt but then started blaming everyone else for HER "worst" mistake!
Robyn Raynal exactly I went through mental and physical abuse as a child also and looked over at my mom like are u gonna save me here and she didn’t and you didn’t see me out there drinking and driving and killing people don’t feel sorry for her you have to live with the consequences with the choices you make I’m sorry
Alot of this was the the attorney defending her against the picture the prosecutor painted about her. He was painting her as an accused drug dealer, a drug user, and now a drink driver who killed two people. Had he not questioned her about this the jury would have not considered probation. I'll admit playing the victim is pathetic. However, the prosecutor was bringing up her past charges she wasn't convicted on. Which should have been thrown out. I don't know what this woman is really like . But both attorneys are just doing there job. One to get a solid conviction with lots of time, and one to get the least amount of time and probation. No doubt she was lying about Alot. Lots of fake tears, heavy breathing, trying to cry. She looks down every time she lies.
@@jameybrandon965 agree. It just looks especially bad for her and her defense to point at a bad childhood when her parents bailed her out and Kristen’s (the only living victim who lost her unborn child and husband) parents aren’t even there bc she too had a bad childhood.
@@jameybrandon965 Why would they be fake tears? Who wouldn't be devastated by their own actions, and the effects of those actions on the innocent victims? The girl is clearly no beast. She has done something incredibly rash. Miost of us do at some time in our lives. Most of thetime, most of us get away with it.
I don't feel an ounce of sympathy for this women.... I had a shitty childhood but im not out drinking and driving. She may not have meant to kill anyone. But she made the choice to drink and she made the choice to get behind the wheel. And that choice lead to the death of two innocent people.
Everybody has their own path in life. Just because you didn't drink & drive does not mean her life should be just like yours. Some people are weak and timid, some people are stronger than horses.
That is why commercials are made about drinking and driving even cellphones as well to prevent accidents from happening but do they obey obvious she didn't sadly lifes were taken and that is what she's going to live with I pray for both families may they find peace within themselves
I feel sympathy for her. I don't believe she's a bad person. Yes, of course the decision she made was dumb and it cost the life of a man and his unborn baby and left his young woman , wife and soon to be mother qurg an unbearable heartbreak. I feel bad for both.
I saw my ex boyfriend laying in a casket covered in cuts, bruises + swollen. He looked nothing like himself but his parents had an open casket to show us all what happened if you drink & drive. He was a mile away from home. At 29 years old I can say I’ve NEVER even had one drink & drove. It’s one thing that I will never do and won’t ever allow anyone close to me to do either.
Kyle I’m so sorry for your loss. I too lost a boyfriend. Not to drinking and driving but to a seizure disorder. I couldn’t look inside the casket. I wish you nothing but happiness.
Wby? Cuz life isnt fair. For all of you who think it is ~ nope!! Quit thinking it; Her lawyer has the job to make ppl feel sorry for her.. End of story
Gabriela Miranda it wasn’t premeditated or intentional. She didn’t plan on killing someone that day that’s why she didn’t get life thats why she got less time. It’s a sad situation for all that’s involved. She got the max sentence vehicular manslaughter.
I want to say i agree with you on the sentencing but she just made a really bad mistake by drinking and driving. she shouldve known better .🤦but i guarantee you if she was any other race she would get life in jail.. And im born here 🇺🇸 just saying.
I was looking o see how much time she got. 14 years?!!!!! I would finish her off the day she het out. That's ridiculous on the judges part!!! I bet the mom and that other woman are happy! They wanted probation for their precious little angel even though she was out of bail
Jeffrey Martinez they don’t score punishment based on the colour of ones skin. Every charge has points assigned to it for tallying up sentences, they are ALWAYS the same!
@@777hc777 if you were the mother of the young man that was killed, would you think the same? She started to make lies about Kristiand and her husband , saying they were from the cartel. She didn't feel remorse of what she did, if she was feeling remorse, she would it be playing low instead she went partying and drinking again. Do you still think she feels responsible? She deserves no probation. Why ?? Because she needs to learn a lesson, she murdered 2 people and destroy a young family, Kristian would never be the same... EVER!!!! A mom lost her son, there is no name for that, and a BABY was killed because of her selfish decision.
@@777hc777 I can honestly tell you that I wouldn’t. You should not take your child’s side when they’re in the wrong, regardless of how hard it is to fathom the situation. If any of my children did something like this, they would not be bailed out and I would expect them to face the consequences of their actions. Imagine being Kristian’s or Fabian’s parent and hearing the possibility of this woman getting probation. You would likely be furious.
You got that right..when she said her major..that sealed it for me. Public relations. Basically a person trained to lie and make things look a certain way.
I think it's a tactic for many lawyers to humanize the murderer? It's like a way to turn around the scenario and make it seem like shes the real victim in all this. This is just despicable if it's true.
Whoever has not watched this and skip to the comments don't waste your time basically it was her boyfriend's fault her stepdad's fault her dead dad's fault her mom's fault but it was not her fault it was not the alcohol's fault it was not the heroine's fault it was not the prescription drugs faults in fact she at 1 point at the crime scene blamed the victims for drinking and driving. And by the looks of it the judge bought her story and so did the jurors..... Sounds like there's a lot more racism in modern day US then we would like to hope for I know if it was someone her color that she would have hurt or if she was a minority she would have gotten a lot more than 14 years
14 years is the maximum sentence for the crime so if white privileged had any impact on this case she would’ve gotten a lesser sentence not the maximum.
@@katiekeck9193 Did you get to see the whole case where 20 years was the Max and probation was the least? For her case and it was supposed to be per death?
Sara Rodriguez I thought so too but another comment said that 14 years was the max sentence for vehicular manslaughter in TX but I’m not sure how accurate that is......
@Nikki B lol I always find it hilarious when ppl insult others as they themselves are wrong in the correction lol I guess you're the uneducated racist? 🤷♀️
If this girl was your daughter, I wonder if any of you still be saying, she should go to prison for life??? Funny how people want the worst until it's your child or love one in that seat.
I'm seeing a lot of comments about her being asked about her childhood. It's the duty of a forensic criminologist to compile a pre-sentence report that basically informs the judge and court about the accused as an individual. I've only been to a handful of lectures bc of this Corona outbreak but my view on this is that this is what they would usually do. They need to identify the aggravating factors (worsen the sentence) and mitigating factors (lessen the sentence) to fully come to a final verdict
I feel like she should not be able to go out on just probation so easily. Because people will think it's okay to commit crimes by being intoxicated or under the influence and that's where I believe the system is corrupt.
No matter what happens to this woman in her life she should never be allowed to drive anywhere again. There is nothing that she can say or do that will be enough to make it up to the wife and mother who survived.
This society kills unborn babies everyday. So why make it a crime? After all they aren’t human until they take their first breath according to government. (I’m being very sarcastic here).
Ok no one feels sorry you had a bad childhood! You took an innocent man and unborn child’s life. How sad for her to try and get sympathy for her “bad past”.
I agree. vv Shana had an easy questioning. Poor Kristian was being treated like the cause. My heart goes out to them. I too had troubled childhood. I made sure I did everything in my power to be nothing like the bad in my childhood. No excuses. She knew what she was doing when se got behind the wheel.
Caption: Forgot to mention that she also killed Fabian James Guerrero, the Guerrero's UNBORN CHILD!😢😠😡 This lawyer isn't asking her questions, he's coercing her along into answering, especially questions about her feelings and what she wanted from all is actions!😠
I hate how “being a college kid” it is acceptable to use THC and other drugs... that’s what her lawyer was making it seem like... 8 years of college for me and I have never used dugs. Unacceptable.
Glambert Gomez THC should be acceptable for anyone to use that needs it. Don’t drink or be under the influence of anything and drive because it could lead to a terrible accident. But let’s not blame and demonize THC when it helps a lot of people with anxiety and depression. I personally don’t use THC but I see the benefits it has provided people around me. Not saying this has anything to do with this woman’s case, I think she should be in jail forever for what she did, childhood and drug issues aside, she should pay.
Shannon Williams I didn’t mean it like that, I meant it more as in “being a college kid” it is undeniably tied to using. Like there are other paths for people to take that will not land them in that situation.
@@shann5331 I was gonna say, I used cannabis for a while when I was on my period.. or had a headache, or nausea or anxiety (I had bf's who smoked regularly so very easy access even tho I'm not a smoker myself) so it doesn't even need to be prescribed or some chronic illness to feel the benefits.. cannabis should be taken out of the "drug" conversation and SUGAR/coffee/cigarettes should be considered instead
So wrong So wrong ,They talk to her like she didn't do anything ..big difference how they spoke to her and the other girl who lost her husband ..."Happy Birthday" really? They should treat her just the same too...
She acts all helpless and timid. Right. I bet it was a different story when she was slamming the tequila shots. I love how her lawyer sets her up as soft spoken.
This is not about her life story 😡its about her taking 2 life's of innocent people she destroyed family , she doesn't deserve the pity party but sentence to death, she made that choice and shes definitely not sorry,
Wow so much empathy when asking Shana the questions...... Yet when questions were asked to Kristen it was more like accusing! Like if Kristen choose for this to happen when it was ALL Shanas fault. 14 years is nothing!!!!!! She killed a baby and her husband and she gets 14 years.... wow! I’m just amazed on how it’s all about Shana and her feelings..... no justice!
Riri Denise the reason they asked her all that was so they could get her emotional for the jury so they could show how mich her life Changed. And this lady got the max sentence
Wow! This female is crazy. Zero remorse for her actions! She killed a man and unborn baby. Many of us had the same type of terrible childhood...yet we don’t do drugs or drink and drive. My father was also verbally, physically and emotionally abusive but I’ve never used that as an excuse for anything. I also suffer depression, PTSD and anxiety...again, she’s not the only one that has problems. Why is it everyone’s fault except her own? We are all responsible for our actions...take responsibility. Stop making up excuses! You are a pathetic human being (if you can be labeled one). That poor girl Kristian will never get her husband or baby back. Why should she (defendant) get to enjoy life? She should have gotten life in prison!! There is no justice!
My parents divorced when I was 16. My father was verbally abusive to my mother. We grew up with an absent father. An Alcoholic father. Bc of my father, I hate drugs and I hate alcohol.
UPDATE ON KRISTIAN... Her last name is no longer Guerrero, it is now Cardova. She has since remarried and had one child, a son named Thiago. She is thriving, and of course, still smiling. As a friend of the family, I ask that you DO NOT try to look her up on social media, DO NOT instant message her, leave Kristian be as she is, she is happy, she is doing well in life, and of course the death of her first husband and first son are forever engrained in her mind, but her new marriage to Mr. Cardova, and her new son Thiago are her current reality. Leave Kristian be and please do not Google search her. She asks that everyone who isn't close family or friend, anyone who doesn't know her personally, not to bother her nor message her at all. She does not want to be harassed, nor to relive that fateful morning she suffered the loss of her child and Fabian. Just leave her alone and let her live her life as is. Thank you.
why are they asking her questions about her life.. when she’s not the victim here!!! Like if any of what she’s saying is going to change what she did to that family!!!!
CARINA VEE It’s not white privilege when she received a plea deal. There are guidelines you go by such as “points” with not having any charged crimes before the 14 years is what she could get. She plead guilty.
Lol you must be a Liberal snowflake that thinks the “White Man” is holding you back! The day you realize it’s not about the color of your skin, that’s the day you’ll start progressing with your life!
@carinavee that's bs,you guys keep playing the race card but fail to realise the world has evolved,ethnicity has nothing to do with anything,it's the ppl playing the race cards that are actually the racists.
Fishing for excuses. Smh I have done things in my past but I don’t blame my childhood.... if you know right from wrong and if you know the laws of the land then you at the age of 21 knew that it was illegal and very wrong and dangerous to get behind the wheel of a vehicle while intoxicated. Why blame your past? You are at fault, not anyone else.
It doesn't take a scientist to know right from wrong. Stealing? Wrong. Drinking & driving? Wrong. Are there not countless ads everywhere about how wrong drinking & driving is. It's not a mistake it's a choice, and she choose to do this which resulted in death of innocent people.
So many excuses for a person who doesn’t want to make excuses. And then here comes the cast of rich grandma to tell you how there’s no excuse and we’ll make her tell people what a bad person she was. Please put this person away. Please don’t put any other babies at risk
His lawyer is leading the questioning and she’s only agreeing or not to his statements. The main issue is been distorted by trying to portrait her as a victim.
He's presenting mitigating circumstances to try to get her a lighter sentence. It's pretty much all he had left to work with since she already pled guilty.
@Sara Ford so the sentencing guidelines for a criminal out on bail for drug possession, braking the rules of their release, ends up drinking and driving and murdering innocents.... The sentencing is 14 years? Ok🤨, she should of gotten more, the max.
She looks at the jury whenever she wants sympathy like her only being 22 (flashes eyes to her right), what happened to her in childhood or having anxiety and depression (eyes to her right) but def not when she said she was doing drugs, or the money or her faults
She knew drugs were in the house. She had a choice to not live there. She did drugs, drugs that were in the house she lived in, that made those same drugs hers.
First of all..I feel no pity for this woman. Second of all..what Crystal ball are you looking into ,O great one, that you can see the past. And then judge the past and what someone was thinking. You don't know her situation. Neither do I. Yes drugs are bad, yes we all know that they are illegal, that's why I don't use. But I have friends that have fallen into that trap. Not for me or you to judge or speculate.
She does not i repeat DOES NOT deserve probation she does not deserve to see the light of day know why? Its simple because that husband/father and that innocent child will NEVER see the light of day. What she did was not a mistake a mistake is forgetting to buy milk when your mother sends you to the grocery store, a mistake is not killing two humans because you want to be selfish and blame it on your childhood period✋
18:27 dupers delight in my opinion...shame she only got 14 years..she " cried" during her defense interrogated her but not during her prosecution interrogation..hmmm..
Is this her lawyer asking her question?! “Please speak up because your very soft spoken” “happy birthday” the victim wasn’t told to speak up because she lost her husband and child, this is bs. I hope she gets life without parole
Kinney Kolah i was thinking the same thing! “speak up your soft spoken” vs the not as sugar- coated way they told the victim to speak up and move closer to the mic. idk no sympathy from me towards this lady
Seriously.. I can't believe that the attorney wished her a Happy Birthday...racial profiling at its worst!!! The different ways the women were treated is unreal?
In my opinion I think it would have been her attorney that wanted to talk about her abusive childhood in hope that the jury would feel sorry for her. The girl done wrong and admitted it was her own fault all the way through
No she didn't take responsibility all the way through. She lied on the victims and tried to blame them then blame her boyfriend and also her parents and her upbringing. So miss me with the bull💩. She did everything she could to blame someone else for her actions. No sympathy for her at all. She killed 2 people one an innocent unborn baby. She should receive the harshest sentence possible!!!
I noticed a few times during certain questions, she would act upset & like she was about to cry while speaking. But would never shed a tear, & as soon as she was done giving her answer; she would be absolutely fine. I think she feels bad for what happened, & i dont think she thought it would happen to her. But i also dont think she understands the gravity of what shes done to that poor woman & their family! Everyone knows what can happen if they get behind the wheel, while intoxicated.& when you do, your knowingly taking the risk of hurting/killing yourself or other(s)! I understand her attorney is trying to score points with the jurry with his line of questioning & stuff, but i dont like how shes being portrayed as the victim; when she absolutely is NOT! & thats a HUGE slap in the face to the other woman & their family! I also feel like the line of questioning & her answers, are taking away from what actually happened! Then ontop of it all, she was out on bond for drug charges. & thought itd be a great idea, to not only drink but then drive; smfh!
Why do people say mistake??? It's a conscious decision to drink and then drive. This isn't a mark you can erase. This nasty POS, deserves to serve the rest of her unnatural life in prison.
I feel bad for both parties. What the victim went through losing her unborn first child and her husband is unfathomable. I can't imagine what she went through. As a recovering addict, I feel bad for Ms. Elliott. Addiction is an insidious horrific disease. She obviously didn't intend to kill anyone. Yes, did she make the wrong choice to drive? Absolutely. Alot of people have driven under the influence. Yes, she made comments in the past towards the victims that seemed callous and unsympathetic. I chalk that up to immaturity as she is what? 21? I do feel like she is TRULY remorseful. In the video, when she was wasted, she even showed geniune concern, and remorse. I have driven drunk before and by the grace of God, I have not hurt anyone or got in a car accident. This is just a heinous crime and situation. Again, as I said before, I feel bad for both parties. Obviously, my sympathy is strongest for the victim and get deceased husband and unborn child. But it does not deter me from being sympathetic as well towards Ms. Elliott. I think it's sad when people are condemning her as it is obvious this wasn't premeditated murder but a horrible choice she has made. Remember, she is a 21 year old college student. We can all relate to bad choices we have made in our past especially around that age. I am not saying she doesnt deserve her sentence. She definitely does as she needs to suffer the consequences of her horrific actions. But she does deserve forgiveness.
Drinking and driving I’m sure everyone has done it. But her doing drugs wasn’t going to lead her nowhere. This should be a wake up call. Or maybe it will stay dark for her and she’ll think there’s nothing for her
I dont know if it's the same people who interrogated the victim, because these people are talking way too SOFT to her. Wth! Crazy! I couldn't watch after a minute or so.
She took 2 lives from the world and didn’t get a life sentence. I’m upset. But maybe Bc the victim didn’t have full citizenship yet they the jury don’t see him as a human. They are in Texas ?
I think every school in this country from Jr High, high school Thru college should make every student watch this trial and have a test on it. 🤔 The profound impact that this trial will have on students is beyond immeasurable, compared to what is shown today. The amount of lives that could potentially be saved is real because this is a real story and that is what kids can relate to. I wish I was on that jury and I made that defendant go around this country from school to school, telling her story of the worst mistakes she’s ever made in her life and how it killed a husband and his unborn child.
This lawyer is just putting words in her mouth. This POS girl deserves a lot more time in jail than what she received! My heart goes out to the victims.
Happy Bithday?! How about the baby she killed? He NEVER HAD A BIRTHDAY! IMA bout done with clear racial bias- how defendant was treated vs the victim sickens me
No this isn’t about her childish, that’s no excuse, she drank and drove unreasonably yes I agree but she didn’t drink, get in her car and say “ I’m going to go take someone’s life “ she was very irresponsible, she made horrible mistakes and I do believe she should be held responsible but understand she’s not a cold hearted killer.
Put yourself in the victims shoes and I bet you wouldn’t be saying that. She will never get her husband and baby boy back. It all could’ve been prevented easily. She got off easy too easy it’s sickening.
Sad case all around. Young couple and baby lives completely destroyed because of bad decisions made by this young woman. In saying that, these people saying she has no remorse is BS. None of us have any idea what she’s going through emotionally and mentally. She will always have the memory of two lives ended because of her actions that day. My heart aches for Kristian. I hope she finds the peace and happiness she deserves.
Baloney. I'v been in courtroom numerous times and learned to recognizes liars. Her demeaner on the stand speaks volumes; we know exactly what this person is going through "emotionally and mentally" - she is a liar, and everything she says is a lie. Kristian, despite what she has gone through, expressed wonderful insight into this "murderer"'s so-called apology. But worry naught - the murderer will be out of prison in five years and return to drinking/drugs while driving and living the life of tubing/college.
@@kevinjcallahan3438 Why have Judges, Jurors or Lawyers when we have Kevin and his unique ability to read the mind of the accused. BTW..In this particular case, the sentence given in 2018 was 7 years in prison for each of the victims which will run consecutively. If she serves the full fourteen years she will be let out with no other provisions. Her earliest parole hearing is sometime this year, but it’s not likely she’ll make parole on the first attempt. Even if she makes parole eventually, she will have a ten year probation. Your five year prediction is already debunked.
the DIFFERENCE between how they questioned the victim and this killer... even wishing this horrible m onster a happy bday >:O and constantly asking the victim for gruesome traumatic details
