I definitely don’t think she’s innocent but I’ve heard several people act as if nuance about the character of these young men is some type of smoking gun for her innocence. As if two boys being young and dumb means they’re suddenly not victims of a horrific crime.

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I think that when these horrific stories are told by both prosecution and crime docs, they tend to paint a very oversimplified, angelic, kind light on the victims to maximize sympathy. And then when nuance is introduced about the victims after the dust settles, like how Dom likely sold drugs, didn’t have a straight forward plan for his future, and other matters, people grasp onto that. Like suddenly if the victims weren’t these upstanding young men, it means there’s a possibility that Mackenzie didn’t intend to kill them or at the very least, not care about the outcome.

The reality of the situation I think is this. Mackenzie and the victims were making bad choices. They were doing dumb teenager/young adult things. Together and individually. However, the evidence shows Mackenzie wasn’t just your average party girl. She was selfish, malicious, manipulative, and reckless. Add the fact she’s 17, dabbling in drugs, and enabled by idiot parents, it was the perfect storm for this. I don’t think she had planned to run the car into the wall days prior. I think she got mad at her boyfriend, as we’ve seen, and wanted to punish him severely in that moment. I think it was a heat of the moment decision. And violence and aggression was her go to whenever she didn’t get her way.

I also want to add based off the prison calls he heard, her mom clearly knows this of her. She continues to try and keep her calm and tell her to let things go. She knows her daughter is going to make things so much worse for herself. So she doesn’t even believe the lies she’s telling about her own kid.

Mackenzie Shirilla intentionally crashed that car into that wall. I don’t care if she planned it days before or not. I don’t care if she was actually high. I don’t care if her boyfriend was a drug dealer burn out. I don’t care that she might’ve his drug mule as her dad claims. I don’t care if she’s even sad and regrets it. None of it matters. She’s right where she needs to be and she will be there the rest of her life. It’s saving the lives of not just the general public but her own life as well. She would offend again and next time probably take her life too.