Letter: Why the light sentence?

Dot Truitt Walk


A man is killed by a reckless driver. The victim leaves a dying wife and two small children (June 22 article, “Deadly driver back in custody”). The driver appears in court and is sentenced to three years in jail, but Criminal Court Judge W. Mark Ward suspends two years and 11 months of his sentence. He only serves 30 days for killing a man.

Now he’s back in jail for violation of his probation. Why such a lenient sentence in the first place?