Mother is outraged after street racer who killed her daughter Ashlee McGill ... trends now
An Oregon woman was left outraged after the man who killed her daughter while street racing was sentenced to just three years in prison.
Jonathan Peña pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, recklessly endangering another person and reckless driving on Friday for the death of 26-year-old Ashlee McGill.
'It was definitely too light. I think that if they are trying to get people to stop speed racing, that's not going to do it,' McGill's mother, Misty Nicholson, told KATU News.
'I think he got maybe a time-out. But that really wasn't a sentence.'
In August 2022, Peña was racing another driver at speeds over 80 mph when their vehicles collided at a Portland intersection. His Mustang jumped the curb, striking and killing McGill while she waited at a bus stop.
An Oregon man was sentenced to three years behind bars Friday in connection to the death of 26-year-old Ashlee McGill
Jonathan Peña (pictured) pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, recklessly endangering another person and reckless driving
McGill's mother, Misty Nicholson, called the sentence 'a time-out' and does not believe it is going to deter others from street racing
Peña hit 84 miles per hour moments before the fatal crash - 54 miles per hour above the posted speed limit.
Evidence presented in court showed how the impact downed tree branches, shattered the windows of a nearby dental clinic and rendered his car a mangled wreck.
Peña was charged with second-degree manslaughter the following August, but the charge was later adjusted to criminally negligent homicide, a Class B felony.
He changed his plea to guilty, and additional charges of recklessly endangering another person and
