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Man found not guilty in car accident death of principal
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By SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Thursday, February 28, 2008

WEST PALM BEACH — Was the death of a popular middle school principal an accident or was it vehicular homicide?

An accident, a jury has now decided.
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Jurors returned not-guilty verdicts this afternoon in the case against Cesar Mejia, a 32-year-old driver who prosecutors say blew through a red light striking the vehicle of Western Pines Middle School principal Margaret Campbell, killing her.

Mejia's attorney, Assistant Public Defender Shawnee Lawrence, had argued before jurors that Mejia was driving the speed limit and in no way, shape or form wanted to run a red ight and kill another human being.

"Tragic? Yes. Sad? Definitely. Homicide? No, no," Lawrence said.

Lawrence had acknowledged to jurors that Mejia, an undocumented alien from Mexico, had no valid drivers license in the United States. Mejia also was charged with driving without a valid license causing death.

Jurors acquitted him of both charges.

At Mejia's two-day trial, traffic homicide prosecutor Ellen Roberts argued that he was more than 400 feet away from the light at Bee Line Highway and Seminole Pratt Whitney Road — a football field and a third —when it changed to yellow.

"He saw that light start to change... that's when he made the decision he was not gonna stop," Roberts said in closing statements this morning. "This crash on March 8, 2006 didn't have to happen. That's all there is to it."

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Lawrence had acknowledged to jurors that Mejia, an undocumented alien from Mexico, had no valid drivers license in the United States. Mejia also was charged with driving without a valid license causing death.

How many MORE DEATHS is it going to take before our courts and our government steps up and does something about illegal aliens driving on our roads? I WANT TO KNOW.

This is ANOTHER UMPTEENTH tragedy that could have been avoided IF the ILLEGAL ALIEN was not in our country.

Was this a "jury of his peers" that basically let him off scott-free? Think about it.

I do not understand this verdict. He admittedly did not have a drivers license and if his recklessness in running the red light was the act that caused the death, then where's the disconnect. Did they conclude he did not run the red light?
A homicide is simply the killing of one human being by another, without malice aforethought. I guess it must be different in Florida as I do not know the exact law he was prosecuted under.

Whatever. All I can say is sue this illegal invader in civil court even though he probably does not have a dime.

Juat another example of an innocent American Citizen being victimized by an illegal invader.

AND THERE IS NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT ICE HOLDS OR DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS!! WHAT'S GOING TO GIVE ON THIS ONE?

The whole report and scenario here really stinks. Much is amiss, particularly the jury!

I don't get this verdict either.

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