By Police1 Staff
MIAMI, Fla. — A woman who tweeted “2 drunk 2 care” before killing two young women while driving while intoxicated is urging a judge to lower her sentence.
Kayla Mendoza made a request to have her sentence reduced from 24 years to 10 in an apologetic letter to the judge who sentenced her less than three months ago, 10tv reports.
“I’d like to get out and be involved in Mothers Against Drunk Driving with the victim’s families,” she reportedly wrote. “I can’t bring back the lives I took, but I can if I’m allowed help save lives.”
She wrote that she plans to take substance abuse classes and is open to any amount of probation or community control the judge sees fit. She also wants to work and earn money to pay restitution, court costs and the money she owes the victims in their civil lawsuit.
“Please, Your Honor,” she reportedly wrote, “Give me a chance to try and fix things.”
The mother of one of the victims, 21-year-old Kaitlyn Ferrante, said she was appalled when she learned of the request.
“She can’t fix things,” Christine Ferrante said. “How can she bring back Marisa and Katie? That’s fixing things and she can’t do that.”
Ferrante wants Mendoza to serve her full punishment.
Marisa Catronio’s father Gary was also stunned to learn of the request.
“If the system even considers something like this, I have no respect for the system that we have called justice,” he said.
Prosecutors have been requested by the judge to respond to the request within 90 days.