Drag Racers In Fatal Crash Free

Item: Drag racers given probation: Drivers in fatal crash free after six months in ‘rider’/ Tom Hasslinger, Press

More Info: Two men involved in an accident that killed a 14-year-old boy and injured his mother received probation Monday — less than six months after being sentenced for the crime. Dominick F. Salois, 21, and Daniel W. Cutting, 20, were sentenced in First District Court in February for their roles in the Oct. 13, 2006, crash that killed Isaac Norris in Coeur d’Alene. Judge Fred Gibler decided both men should begin serving supervised probation rather than more time in confinement. … The decision left the families of the offenders grateful, and members of the Norris family bewildered.

Question: Is six months incarceration an adequate punishment for killing a boy while drag racing?