Man gets only 1 year fixed in 2015 DUI triple fatality

In a packed Kootenai County courtroom Tuesday, Ryan J. Turner was sentenced to one to seven years in prison for vehicular manslaughter after causing a head-on collision that killed a Spokane man and his two young daughters.

For several hours, Judge Lansing Haynes heard testimony from Turner’s family and friends, and the family of the three victims, Mathew-Michael T. Baroni, 33, and his daughters, Madilyn Baroni, 8, and Molly Baroni, 6.

The prosecutor requested the maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, but Haynes said giving the maximum sentence to a man with no previous criminal history didn’t make sense. While punishment must fit the crime, “punishment must also fit the person,” Haynes said.

Seven years is the maximum Turner can serve in prison, but only one year of his term is fixed. He can be considered for release after the year is up/ Nina Culver & Jonathan Glover , SR. More here.