Sherri Lynn Wilkins, 53

Sherri Lynn Wilkins gets emotional in court during sentencing Thursday in Los Angeles. Wilkins, a substance abuse counselor, who struck a pedestrian with her car and drove through a Los Angeles suburb with the dying man on her windshield was sentenced Thursday to 55 years to life in prison. Wilkins, 53, was convicted by a jury earlier this year of second-degree murder, driving under the influence and hit-and-run.