I know the pain Tex. A few days before Christmas marks the 25th anniversary of my uncle's death. He was killed by a drunk driver. My dad said that he never wanted to find out what happened legally to the driver (the guy walked away with scratches and a bruise or two) because one, it wouldn't bring him back and two if killing someone didn't change the guy's ways, nothing would. He also said at the time in Ireland, the laws were different and he imagined not much probably happened. My uncle was to be married the next year.
I'm just thankful his passenger wasn't seriously injured. At the funeral three girls almost got in a fight because each of them was describing herself as his girlfriend. And the reason he got so drunk and pissed was a different girl had dumped him that night.