Social justice activists and family are rallying for a man who is serving time for a fatal crash in 2022. They say the sentence is unjust.
Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell spoke with the families of both the victim and the man who pleaded guilty.
Jaakim Finney had his third child on the way when was killed in a crash.
“He was the major key of this family and now its gone and everybody is devastated,” his mother Natasha Ebanks said.
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But Davonte Adams’ mother says her son’s prison sentence isn’t fair.
“It’s been very hard just knowing that the justice system failed him,” Cynthia Adams said.
She says that Davonte Adams was the designated driver and fell asleep at the wheel, causing the crash.
“According to Georgia law, a case like this should be a misdemeanor for an accidental death, so when did it became a crime in Georgia to be tired?” social justice activist Pastor Sabrina McKenzie said.
“You fall asleep and you crash, and my son is dead and that’s it. And we are supposed to pat you on your hand and you go on, no,” Ebanks said.