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OUR AREA: A
PUSH FOR
CHANGE.
TONIGHT WOWT
6 NEWS'
MATTHEW SMITH
CONTINUES OUR
COVERAGE ON
THE DEADLY
CRASH THAT
TOOK THE LIFE
OF SARAH ROOT:
JOHN, MALORIE
-- WE'RE LIVE AT
THE POLICE
STATION
BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE THE
FAMILY WANT'S
TO SEE THIS
MAN: ESWIN
MEJIA.
IN FACT -- WE
NOW HAVE A
SECOND
PICTURE TO GO
OFF OF... "ICE"
RELEASED THIS
ONE WHEN THEY
UPDATED US
ADDING THAT HE
SOMETIMES
GOES BY
"EDWIN."
THE WOMAN HE
HIT... THE YOUNG
LADY WHO
EVENTUAL DIED:
THIS IS HER --
SARAH ROOT.
WHILE SHE'S
GONE, HER
MEMORY IS
ANYTHING BUT
FORGOTTEN--
LAST NIGHT WE
TOLD YOU ABOUT
A HUGE RALLY
NEAR 78TH AND
DODGE.
HUNDREDS
SHOWED UP TO
SIGN PETITIONS
THAT SARAH'S
DAD PLANS TO
TAKE THE
"NEBRASKA
SUPREME
COURT."
I'M TOLD MORE
THAN 1-
THOUSAND
WERE SIGNED.
I'VE BEEN
HEARING ALL DAY
ONLINE FROM
OUR VIEWERS --
MANY WANTED
TO SIGN AND
COULDN'T.
SCOTT ROOT
SAYS HE'S
ALREADY
WORKING ON
ANOTHER EVENT.
WE'LL KEEP YOU
POSTED.
AS FOR WHAT'S
UNFOLDING... I'M
TOLD IT'S
NOTHING SHORT
OF AMAZING:
MARTY CONBOY
@ 4:16: "THE
ROOT FAMILY
HAS MADE THIS
AN ISSUE ON
EVERYONE'S
MIND AND I THINK
THAT'S A GOOD
THING."
THAT'S MARTY
CONBOY'S TAKE
ON THE PUSH
SARAH ROOT'S
FAMILY HAS
MADE TO KEEP
HER STORY
ALIVE.
BUT IF YOU ASK
HIM ABOUT THE
DOUGLAS
COUNTY JUDGE
THEY'RE TRYING
TO REMOVE
FROM OFFICE --
JUDGE
MARCUZZO --
YOU'LL GET A
DIFFERENT
ANSWER.
MARTY CONBOY
@ 7:51 -- "THE
IRONY OF THIS IS
JUDGE
MARCUZZO IS
PROBABLY THE
TOUGHEST
JUDGE ON
DRUNK DRIVING."
CONBOY SAYS
JUDGES HAVE
FEW DETAILS TO
WORK OFF OF...
CASES UNFOLD
WITHIN HOURS
OF THE ACTUAL
EVENTS.
ALL THAT SAID...
CONBOY THINKS
CHANGES TO THE
SYSTEM ARE
LIKLEY NEEDED.
SARAH ROOT'S
DAD TELLS ME HE
DOESN'T HEAP
ALL THE BLAME
ON THE JUDGE --
BUT THAT
DOESN'T MEAN
HE WON'T DO
WHAT HE CAN TO
PREVENT A
SITUATION LIKE
THIS: AN
ACCUSED
VEHICULAR
HOMICIDE ON
THE RUN -- FROM
HAPPENING TO
ANOTHER FAMILY.
SCOTT ROOT @
50:11 -- "I DON'T
WANT NO FAMILY
TO GO THROUGH
WHAT WE HAD TO
GO THROUGH --
IT COULD BE
YOUR MOTHER,
YOUR FATHER,
YOUR
DAUGHTER, SON
-- IT'S NOT GOING
TO CHANGE
NOTHING FOR ME
BUT RIGHT NOW
NOBODY'S HELD
ACCOUNTABLE
FOR WHAT THEY
DID."
ROOT SAYS, AT
THE VERY LEAST
HE'S GOT TO TRY.
MATTHEW
SMITH, WOWT 6
NEWS.
WE'LL KEEP YOU
UPDATED ON
FUTURE EVENTS
HERE ON WOWT
6 NEWS.
AND IF YOU'D
LIKE TO READ
MORE ABOUT
HOW LOCAL
POLITICIANS ARE
HOLDING "ICE'S"
FEET TO THE
COALS OVER
THIS SITUATION --
OR WHY LEGAL
EXPERTS SAY IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE FOR
THE JUDGE TO
DEFEND
HIMSELF: JUST
CHECK OUT OUR
WEBSITE.
WE HAVE
EXTENSIVE
COVERAGE
AVAILABLE ON