Carmen Bachan hugs Marcus Garfinkle after the sentencing hearing for a couple accused of running over Garfinkle and Bachan’s daughter Adrianna in a crosswalk near USC. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Claudia Cabrera, the driver of the car, was sentenced to eight years in prison. Her husband Josue Luna, who was accused of dragging Garfinkle’s body off the hood of the car, was sentenced to seven years in prison. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Marcus Garfinkle describes waking up on the sidewalk after the crash. His friend Adrianna Bachan, 18, was killed almost immediately. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Carmen Bachan makes an emotional statement during the sentencing hearing. She is campaigning to change the law so that hit-and-run drivers will face the same lengthy prison terms as drunk drivers. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
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Myron Garfinkle, the victim’s father, speaks at the sentencing hearing. Both defendants pleaded no contest to a felony charge of hit-and-run causing great bodily injury (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
At the hearing, Claudia Cabrera and her husband offered their apologies to the families of the two victims, though few in the audience accepted the contrition as genuine. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
