Convicted “hell on wheels” killer Mackenzie Shirilla claimed in her second appeal that she suffers from a “pre-existing medical condition” that could be to blame for her blacking out before the horrific crash.
Shirilla’s last-ditch appeal, filed by her current attorneys with the Ohio Supreme Court on April 27, argued that her past defense team failed to investigate or back up the alleged pre-existing condition with expert testimony.
The 21-year-old murderer “suffered from a pre-existing medical condition that could have caused her to black out while driving,” her new lawyers wrote in the appeal, People reported.
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The appeal comes after courts rejected her past petition for a bizarre, one-day filing delay that her legal team blames on a leap-year calendar miscalculation.
Shirilla, 21, is currently serving 15 years to life for the 2022 double murder of her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and friend, Davion Flanagan.
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