It’s a classic legal drama trope: Someone sets aside their notes in court and speaks from the heart.
Few expect it to happen in real life, especially not in the unglamorous courtrooms of San Francisco’s decaying Hall of Justice. But on Aug. 27, it did.
Nicky Garcia, the driver responsible for a deadly hit-and-run nine years ago, dropped the statement he’d prepared to read, stood and turned to face the loved ones of the woman he’d killed…