India, May 30 -- Mackenzie Shirilla's lawyers requested that the Ohio Supreme Court reopen an appeal that had previously been denied due to a disagreement over the filing date. Prosecutors said the Eighth District Court of Appeals in Cuyahoga County denied a prior petition due to a calendar error.

Shirilla was convicted in 2023 of murdering her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and friend Davion Flanagan. Prosecutors asserted that in July 2022, she purposefully crashed a car into a structure in Strongsville, Ohio, at about 100 mph.

She was given two consecutive life sentences with parole eligibility after 15 years on each conviction; in other words, she would typically not be eligible for parole until she had completed 30 years in prison.

The ...