PORTLAND -- The family of a hit-and-run victim complains prosecutors ignored their request to go to trial. Instead, the district attorney's office cut a plea deal.
On June 26, 2010, Cynthia Barton Rabe was out jogging in her Cedar Mill neighborhood when a man hit and killed her.
Police say, 22-year-old Corey Scott Jensen was high on drugs after leaving a music festival in rural Washington County. After the deadly crash, prosecutors say Jensen took a photo of the victim.
Police say, Jensen took off running, stripped off his clothes and smashed into another car.
"This is the most egregious case I've ever heard of," said the victim's brother David Barton.
Earlier this month, Jensen received a ten-year sentence for first degree manslaughter. The victim's family said that wasn't enough.
They wanted to take the case to trial and pushed for more prison time, but the prosecutor said no. He agreed to a plea deal.
"Everybody got an easy day with favorable, certain outcome except for Cynthia and that is wrong. We should expect more from our system," said Barton.
"Given the facts of this case, this was a correct outcome," Chris Quinn of the Washington County District Attorney's office said.
The prosecutor notes at trial, cases must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
