I still disagree. Your friend should not have gotten 9 years as it was an accident and neither should a motorist who is involved in an accident. What's next, sending doctors to jail because they made an error, sending farmers to jail if their food becomes contaminated, sending an airline pilot or air traffic controller to jail because of an error? To err is human. Running a red light is not being grossly negligent. The people should be held financially responsible in the civil courts but accidents are not and should not be criminal acts to be looped in with someone who shoots someone.
