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Nicole Poole Franklin was sentenced last week to 25 years in state prison after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted murder in connection with two
Woman Who Intentionally Struck Black, Latina Children With Car Gets 25 Years By Joseph Patrick Representational image
A 43-year-old Iowa woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for intentionally hitting two children of color with her car in 2019.
Nicole Poole Franklin, of Des Moines, received a 25-year sentence after admitting to intentionally running over a 14-year-old girl with her SUV on Dec. 9, 2019, because she was Latina. She also received a concurrent 25-year sentence in Polk County Court for deliberately striking a 12-year-old boy, who is Black, the same day she hit the girl, The Des Moines Register reported.
Poole also hurled racial and ethnic slurs at a gas employee at the time, police said.