then to me. “Mr. Ledbetter, I sympathize with you and your family; you have all had to endure an unfathomable loss. Nevertheless, I cannot unhear Attorney Reitland’s argument that, in order for your little boy to have the justice to which he is entitled, the state must hold you accountable for the tragedy that resulted from your having broken the law. That said, I am not granting the prosecutor her request that you serve six years in prison. My decision is that you are to be incarcerated for a period of five years, suspended after three, and another three years. I will not mandate
