Sometime there is no justice

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Several months ago, a woman jogging at daybreak was struck by a vehicle that kept going. She died at the scene. There were no witnesses. The jogger was well known in the community and this was the news of the day. Before the day was over, a young woman was arrested at her job at The State Capitol. This young woman came from a very wealthy and powerful family. Her father was an elected official in another state and the family had ties to some very high up and influential Republicans. What happened is that this young woman had been out all night partying and was driving home. The jogger was jogging across the street in the crosswalks. The driver ran the jogger down and kept going. She drove to a friend's house claiming that someone had been throwing rocks at her car. She left the car, which had noticeable damage, at the friend's house and the friend drove her to her job at The Capitol. Once the story broke, the friend realized that the car at his house was the one that police were seeking. He called police. They arrested the driver later that day at her job. Of course, she had the best attorney that money can buy. Yesterday, a Grand Jury returned an indictment of Failure To Stop and Render Aid. Nothing more. The driver was probably intoxicated but there were no witnesses to the accident. By the time that she was arrested, any alcohol or drugs was out of her system. So, I can understand that a Grand Jury could not indict her on DWI. But how about Involuntary Manslaughter? I am shocked and astonished, like others. that she was indicted only on Failure To Stop and Render Aid. She had to have known that she hit a human being and just kept going. It could be that if she had stopped and called for help, the victim might have survived. I do not believe that the victim died instantly. My memory is that she crawled for help and died on someone's front lawn. If the driver had come from a more ordinary family, I wonder if she would have been indicted on more serious charges.