Ohio Supreme Court denies Mackenzie Shirilla's latest appeal bid in double murder case

Ohio’s Supreme Court denied Mackenzie Shirilla’s request to reconsider its decision not to hear her latest appeal in a double-murder case tied to a 2022 crash. Shirilla, 21, is serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life for killing her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, 20, and their friend, Davion Flanagan, 19, after prosecutors said she intentionally drove a Toyota Camry into a brick building in Strongsville, Ohio. Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy denied the motion for reconsideration, leaving intact a ruling that her postconviction challenge was filed one day late. Her arguments—including a deadline confusion and the effects of alleged POTS—were ultimately rejected as timing issues.