Andrew Thomas Gallo Can't Get Fair Trial in Angels Country, Claims His Lawyer

• I get chills about this, how sad. an this asshole wants a fair trail?? 50yrs is what he deserves. nothing he says or does will bring nick back, so gallo YOU WILL PAY!! An accident is a accident, but yours WAS NOT. It isn't even a mistake, you decided to get behind a wheel drunk a risk others lives. you don't care about yourself either or you wouldn't of done it. now so many ppl are heartbroken over a young man who had so much going for him, how can you fix that? YOU CAN"T!! NOBODY has the right to take someones life, and you must pay. if the tables were turned your family would want justice. As your attornery said you can't kill an angel. but heres the thing, ANYONE who is informed on this will sit your sorry ass down. DON"T DROP THE SOAP. nick you are missed but never forgot, and loved by so many. My god be with your family and keep them strong, because im not sure how hard it would be to bury your child. but i can imagine...(gallo) i hope you DIE S-L-O-W in jail and this haunts you for the rest of your life. this could of all been avoided asshole!! RIP Nick

• He can run, but he cannot hide! I think that was made clear already, he tried it once. Let them take his drunken ass into another county he will face the jury regardless, and he WILL get what he deserves. Nick was my nephew and not a day goes by that our family doesn't feel the pain of his physical absence in our life, but because of Nicks contribution to our family and community, he will live on in our hearts and in the spirit of everyone he touched. ANDREW THOMAS GALLO,you will NEVER take that from US!! SO, keep on running from county to county. It doesn't matter where you go, you still have to answer to ONE man for what you did! You knowingly took the life of THREE beautiful people and left one man to battle each and every day for the rest of his life! STOP crying and FACE your punishment like a REAL MAN!

• Whaaa! I can't get a fair trial because I killed 3 people. Hang this asshole already and ship his body back to Mexico where he belongs

• Sorry to make this personal y'all, but my nephew, Steven Anthony Rhone, was killed three years ago today by a drunk driver. The killer got four years and served just under two before moving to a halfway house. Hard to think logically when someone you love is involved, but four years while serving two doesn't seem like the punishment fitting the crime to me. 25 years to life, for this crime, does.

• Now THIS one should be deported, but I'll take 25 years to life.

• Simply put, he ALREADY had a DUI, and he does it again, killing 3 and ruining a 4th persons life, RUNNING A RED LIGHT ! What if that was your brother or sister, or BOTH? He deserves jail, for life maybe not, but a long sentence.

• @Dweezle: The girl who was driving was legally DUI for a minor, not drunk. A minor can be .01 and she was .06 which is right below the legal limit for an adult. I've blown .06 before and this was after one pint of heavy beer where I was pulled over and cleared to go. I've also been hospitalized with a .299 and I can't remember it one bit. The latter was close to where Gallo was. Calling the girl a drunk driver is like relating someone taking aspirin to taking vicodin.

• wow, not one anti-mexi wab comment unlike when the incident first took place. whitey was in full force back then with pitchforks in hand.

• This guy is a loser from the get go. I'm surprise the DA didn't offer this imbecile a plea bargain. Nevertheless, the jury is going to give him the maximum penalty; plain and simple. His teabag is doomed! Save the taxpayers dough--let this parasite stand trial locally. Oh and one more thing; have you notice the first two mug shots looks like a before and after of a meth addict. Just a thought. Peace~

• As I remember, one drunk driver hit and run from an accident with another drunk driver. of course people died and one was somewhat of a local celebrity. Perhaps, since there was a lot of media coverage a fair and impartial trial could be a dream, as I understand courts seldom approve such change of venue requests. My thoughts, what will it hurt? the guy will have one less ground for an appeal if the change of venue is granted. If the venue is changed to Dodger county or Oakland would he be acquitted easier?

• This defense attorney apparently thinks that everyone in the OC likes the Angels. There are lots of ways of dealing with the Angels connection (e.g., written questions about whether the prospective juror is an Angels fan) that would fall well short of the drastic measure of moving the trial venue. Defense attorney should be worried about what the jury will think of a drunken loser who killed three productive young people and seriously injured another.

• I can see the want for a fair trial, but how can he possibly be pleading not guilty? I guess that's a tactic they use in DUI cases? The dude killed three people and altered the life of another just because he was selfish and stupid. It's not his first offense from what I remember either. Damn shame, but I hope regardless of the outcome that he learns his lesson for his sake and the rest of us sharing the road.

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