The victims wanted closure. They wanted him to accept responsibility for his actions. They wanted him to go to prison as soon as possible.

After that, (Williams) indicated he saw the vehicle accelerate off away from the scene and he knew that that car was going to flee.

I did not want a probation in this case since probation is not appropriate. Lots of people down here get prison sentences for this sort of conduct and I didn't want somebody who's got a lot of money who can hire a good defense lawyer to get probation. I wanted him to go to prison.

Keep in mind -- if he's driving like a bat out of hell, the time that it's going to take him to get from the point of impact to off that sidewalk is going to be less than a second. So, if he's looking at them as they're going up in the air, he doesn't see the car on the sidewalk. That doesn't mean it wasn't there. (Another witness) said it was there.