In a rare legal move, defendant Jana Giron testifies during manslaughter trial

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Closing arguments have been made, and the fate of Jana Giron now rests in the hands of a jury. Giron is on trial for allegedly causing a fatal rear-end collision in 2019, which claimed the lives of Paul Garcia and Caitlin Festerling .During Tuesday’s proceedings at Pima County Superior Court, the defense took center stage, calling on several witnesses including a driver near the scene of the collision and a traffic investigator who recreated the crash scene as part of the initial investigation.

It was going and then it just wasn’t going,' Giron told jurors.Giron also testified that any text she sent was done so at the intersection of Saguaro Divide and North Shannon Road while at a stop sign.For over an hour, the prosecution challenged her account of what happened, focusing on the deleted text messages they argue are critical evidence proving Giron was distracted while driving.

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