Mom is outraged after road racer who killed her daughter Ashlee McGill after his rushing automobile jumped the curb and hit her as she waited to catch bus is sentenced to only three years behind bars

An Oregon lady was left outraged after the person who killed her daughter whereas road racing was sentenced to only three years in jail.

Jonathan Peña pleaded responsible to criminally negligent murder, recklessly endangering one other particular person and reckless driving on Friday for the loss of life of 26-year-old Ashlee McGill.

‘It was positively too gentle. I feel that if they’re making an attempt to get individuals to cease velocity racing, that is not going to do it,’ McGill’s mom, Misty Nicholson, instructed KATU Information.

‘I feel he received possibly a time-out. However that actually wasn’t a sentence.’

In August 2022, Peña was racing one other driver at speeds over 80 mph when their automobiles collided at a Portland intersection. His Mustang jumped the curb, hanging and killing McGill whereas she waited at a bus cease.

Peña hit 84 mph moments earlier than the deadly crash – 54 mph above the posted velocity restrict.

Proof offered in courtroom confirmed how the affect downed tree branches, shattered the home windows of a close-by dental clinic and rendered his automobile a mangled wreck.

Peña was charged with second-degree manslaughter the next August, however the cost was later adjusted to criminally negligent murder, a Class B felony.

He pleaded responsible to a further costs of recklessly endangering one other particular person and reckless driving had been stacked on throughout his sentencing.

Peña will serve 36 months behind bars attributable to time already served, with three years post-release supervision and five-years’ probation. He should additionally pay at the least $5,000 restitution.

The opposite driver, Kenneth Freeman, additionally pleaded responsible to criminally negligent murder and was sentenced to 5 years in jail final fall. A 3rd driver who partook within the race has not been recognized.

Nicholson learn a press release throughout Peña’s sentencing, stating: ‘I do hope for the remainder of your life, each time you shut my eyes you see my daughter and bear in mind what you probably did to her.’

Peña shared his personal assertion through which he beseeched McGill’s household to sometime forgive him.

‘I really feel like I owe it to you, to your loved ones to endure each trial and tribulation that comes with this to make sure that you as a household really feel that justice for Ashlee is served,’ he stated.

McGill was a local of Portland and a doting mom to her eight-year-old son, Ryker. She can also be survived by her mom, three sisters, grandmother, aunt and uncles.

Peña’s sentencing got here simply over a yr after the passage of Oregon Senate Invoice 615, which will increase penalties for individuals convicted of road racing.

First-time offenders could also be slapped with a sentence of as much as 364 days in jail, a $6,250 positive, or each.

In the meantime, repeat offenders inside a five-year interval face a most of 5 years behind bars, a $125,000 positive, or each.