(KRON) — Leylani Simmons was 25 years old when she fled from East Palo Alto police while driving intoxicated and killed her passenger after she lost control of her car. Now 40 years old, Simmons has been found suitable for release on parole for a second time, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Simmons’ second parole hearing was conducted on Friday at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla. The Board of Parole Hearings panel found, once again, that Simmons was suitable for release on parole.
Simmons was convicted of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter with intoxication and felony evading in the 2011 police pursuit and crash that killed her passenger. She was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison…