MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — A nanny with four previous drunken-driving convictions was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison Friday for the hit-and-run deaths of two children struck on a sidewalk.
Jimena Barreto, 46, received the maximum possible term for her conviction last month on two counts of second-degree murder. The two sentences of 15 years to life will run consecutively.
She sobbed as she expressed remorse for the deaths of Troy Pack, 10, and his sister, Alana, 7.
"I am deeply sorry I'm the sole cause of the terrible pain you are going through," Barreto said, addressing the children's parents. "I will not stop asking you and begging you and praying for you that you will forgive me one day."
The district attorney sought murder, rather than manslaughter, charges at the urging of the children's parents.