'It's just not enough': Relatives of N.S. family killed in crash angered by sentence handed to drunk driver

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A 43-year-old Quebec man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison in connection with a collision that killed a family of four from Nova Scotia.

David Fletcher lost his father Jim, his 44-year-old sister Shelly, his 14-year-old nephew Jackson, and 10-year-old niece Emma in the crash last September.“We all held hands. My mom, and my wife, and everyone,” said Fletcher.

“It was good in one way that he was getting some kind of punishment out of it, but four years on average for each life that he took, it's just not enough,” said Fletcher Rob Matheson, the president of MADD Cape Breton, says he agrees with the Fletcher family that 16 years is not enough for the loss of four lives.It is the longest sentence given to anyone causing death with a DUI in Quebec history. It includes a 25-year driving ban.

 

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It's pretty common for victims and their families to want harsher punishments, which is why we don't let victims or their families decide what the punishments should be.

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