WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - The parents of a woman killed during a drag racing incident in 2023 say the punishment doesn’t match the crime.

On May 27th, 2023, Jennifer Russell was driving home from work in Iowa City.

When she was entering a four way stop, another car t-boned her. That driver had been drag racing, and Jennifer died. The Russell family said that driver’s ten year sentence isn’t enough.

All throughout Kelly and Matthew Russell’s home are illustrations of butterflies.

Mementos of their daughter, Jennifer.

“I didn’t know what happened. We’re talking and all the sudden I’m like ‘Jennifer, Jennifer’ you know, nothing,” said Kelly Russell

On May 27th, 2023, Russell was on the phone with her daughter when she heard a loud muffled noise.

“They tell us en route that she was in a c

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