"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."
"Heather Miller had gone on an evening bike ride through Golden Gate Park to Ocean Beach on June 22, 2016. She'd invited her husband to come along, her father Peyton Miller recalled in court, but he said he'd just meet her at home. He never did. Garcia, driving a white Honda Fit, struck the 41-year-old Miller near John F. Kennedy Drive and 30th Avenue after swerving to avoid another car, witnesses later testified. They watched him speed away with a shattered windshield."
Heather Miller was killed on June 22, 2016, during an evening bike ride through Golden Gate Park to Ocean Beach. Nicky Garcia, then 19, struck Miller near John F. Kennedy Drive and 30th Avenue while swerving to avoid another car and fled in a white Honda Fit with a shattered windshield. Garcia was charged with murder, vehicular manslaughter, hit-and-run, and auto burglary. On Aug. 27, nine years later, Garcia abandoned a prepared statement, stood, and faced Miller's loved ones in the San Francisco Hall of Justice. Family and friends urged Judge Bruce Chan to impose the maximum sentence. Garcia's mother described seeing him humbled and changed.
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