translated from Spanish: FORMER NASA alastronist pleads guilty to killing two girls

Usa. – A former U.S. star found himself guilty of the charges related to the trafficking death of two girls in 2016.James Halsell Jr., 64, former commander of NASA space shuttle, had been charged with reckless murder charges in the Alabama accident that killed 11-year-old Niomi Deona James and Jayla Latrick Parler , 13 years old.
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He admitted his guilt on multiple reduced charges of manslaughter and assault on Thursday in Tuscaloosa. According to the agreement, Halsell will serve four years in prison followed by 10 years of probation.

He faced 60 years behind bars for hitting the vehicle carrying the two victims from behind, while allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol at a high speed. Read more: “I thought it was a joke”; 22-year-old is vaccinated against Covid-19 and earns a million dollarsThe victims’ family was not satisfied with the slightest sentence. “It wasn’t justice,” said Latrice Parler, the girls’ mother, who added that she did not believe Halsell’s apology was sincere.

Former NASA astronaut James Halsell jr. who has been charged with the murder of two girls while driving under the influence of alcohol.

“My daughters were amazing, beautiful, intelligent and strong little girls who could have been anything in this world if they had had a chance to grow up, but that was taken from me and everyone else in this world,” Parler said. , which was delayed for a small number of reasons, including the pandemic.

The site of the June 7, 2016 accident, where former NASA astronaut James Halsell Jr. was driving drunk and beating and killed Niomi Deona James and Jayla Latrick Parler.

District Attorney Hays Webb said the ruling “serves as a reminder that there is a very fine line.” You have someone who has been in space five times and, due to a bad decision on their part, ended up killing two girls,” Webb said.

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Halsell left NASA in 2006 to work in the aerospace industry. Webb said his celebrity status had “zero influence in any way” on procedures.

Original source in Spanish