{"id":230820,"date":"2015-11-06T16:45:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T21:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.aws.dancingastronaut.com\/?p=230820"},"modified":"2015-11-06T16:46:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T21:46:38","slug":"driver-responsible-2014-sxsw-fatalities-sentenced-life-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2015\/11\/driver-responsible-2014-sxsw-fatalities-sentenced-life-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver responsible for 2014 SXSW fatalities sentenced to life in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last March, fingers were pointed at Rashad Owens for the fatal SXSW hit-and-run incident that left four\u00a0innocent bystanders dead and more an 20 others injured. Late last month Owens appeared in Travis County District Court <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2015\/09\/suspect-fatal-sxsw-pleads-guilty\/\">pleading not guilty<\/a>,\u00a0but according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mystatesman.com\/news\/news\/crime-law\/three-new-pieces-of-evidence-in-the-rashad-owens-c\/npHXR\/\">The Austin-American Statesman<\/a>, he has officially been sentenced to life in prison for capital murder. Parole is not an option for the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Owens&#8217; lawyers made countless attempts to argue that the tragedy was an &#8220;accident&#8221; and that he was &#8220;unfamiliar&#8221; with the city and its geography. Prosecutor Amy Meredith, though, was far from accepting of this story. She instead encouraged jurors to focus their attentions on Owens&#8217; awareness &#8211; and subsequent disregard &#8211; of his deadly actions, rather than his intent.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThere is no other answer than that the defendant knew what he was doing \u2014 and he didn\u2019t care,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He didn\u2019t care who was in his way. He was not going to be stopped. He was not going to go to jail.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/61923-driver-in-fatal-2014-sxsw-car-crash-found-guilty-of-murder-sentenced-to-life-in-prison\/\">Pitchfork<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mystatesman.com\/news\/news\/crime-law\/three-new-pieces-of-evidence-in-the-rashad-owens-c\/npHXR\/\">The Austin-American Statesman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2015\/09\/suspect-fatal-sxsw-pleads-guilty\/\">Suspect in fatal SXSW crash pleads not guilty<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2015\/02\/sxsw-recognizes-larger-spectrum-electronic-music-artists-2015\/\">SXSW recognizes larger spectrum of electronic music artists in 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2014\/12\/fatal-car-crash-sxsw-leads-first-string-lawsuits\/\">Fatal car crash at SXSW leads to first string of lawsuits<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rashad Owens has been senteced to life in jail for fatal SXSW crash in 2014. 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