An illegal immigrant who killed a University of South Carolina student in a horrific hit-and-run crash was quietly handed a slap-on-the-wrist sentence this summer — despite the tragedy sparking national outrage.

Rosali Fernandez-Cruz, 24, has been serving out his one-year stint at Kirkland Correctional Institution in Columbia since August, when three of his charges were discreetly dropped and he pleaded guilty to the remaining most serious count for killing 21-year-old Nathaniel Baker , according to jail records and reports.

“The judge decided the sentence, which was one year,” a spokesperson for Republican South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson told Fox News , adding that Baker’s forgiving family was consulted before the lenient sentence was given and wanted to keep the agreeme

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