4 years after the demise of 13-month-old Hannah Nicole Driver, her mom, Chloe Alexis Driver, has been sentenced for her homicide.
Footage from Court TV of the Thursday, Dec. 12 sentencing exhibits Cherokee County Chief Superior Court docket Choose Ellen McElyea sentencing Chloe, now 24 years previous, to life in jail with the opportunity of parole. As a result of Hanna’s age, she was additionally sentenced to twenty years to be served concurrently.
Georgia legislation states that Chloe would have to serve 30 years of her life sentence before being eligible for parole.
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Earlier than saying the sentencing, McElyea mentioned that the crime was “a heinous offense with proof that was so graphic and so traumatic that I started to do analysis on what sort of help and assist we may give the jurors who have been having to contemplate it.”
“A mum or dad killing a toddler is one thing that simply offends us on the deepest stage,” she mentioned. “It’s a improper that simply is unfathomable. It simply can’t be understood and it scares us as a result of it’s so opposite to simply elementary ethical conduct and what we anticipate of the bonds between human beings.”
The sentencing comes one month after Chloe was convicted of a number of counts, together with malice homicide, felony homicide, first-degree cruelty to kids, and aggravated assault, however discovered “mentally ailing,” per Law&Crime and KFOX-TV.
Cherokee County Sheriff’s Workplace
Chloe addressed her psychological well being whereas chatting with the decide on Thursday.
“Although I’ll not legally meet the definition of madness as of in the present day, I do know within the backside of my coronary heart that I used to be as a result of I by no means would have performed what I did had it not been for my decompensation. In the long run, we won’t return and undo the unhealthy irrespective of how a lot we wish to, however we are able to be taught from it and forestall it from occurring once more,” she mentioned. “I’ll proceed to hunt assist for my psychological sickness due to this.”
On Dec. 8, 2020, the Canton Police Department responded to a Cherokee County, Ga., residence the place they discovered Hannah, who later died within the hospital with stab wounds. Chloe, who was described as having “life-threatening accidents” from the incident, was additionally taken to the hospital.
In line with Patch.com, WBSTV, and Fox 5 Atlanta, prosecutors alleged that Chloe grabbed a knife from the kitchen on the property — the place she was with a bunch of two males and three ladies believed to be a part of a polygamist way of life cult — and stabbed her daughter within the neck earlier than stabbing herself.
The newborn’s father, allegedly one of many folks current on the property when the incident passed off, tried lifesaving measures till first responders arrived on the scene, per the retailers, who state that Hannah was stabbed 4 instances.
Throughout Thursday’s sentencing, Chloe expressed regret for her actions: “I’m terribly sorry for a lot of issues in my life however most of all for who was misplaced, and I at all times can be. Each single day I stay with my guilt,” she mentioned.
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