On the weekend July 13-14, I read in The Day stories revealing the judicial system’s priority. In one, a man pleads guilty for evading taxes on $1.4M in income. He faces up to five years in prison.

In another report, a driver injures a Stonington police officer and gets three years in prison with five years probation. Then, a former Stonington man charged with a hit-and-run that claimed the life of Gary Piver, received only two years in prison and two years probation. To injure or kill a human gets a lighter sentence than evading taxes.

In my opinion, there is something grossly wrong with the system.

Lorraine Grey

Pawcatuck