They reached out to the sentencing judge, Circuit Judge Michelle Havas.
Chipo Stinson said she was "shocked, offended and disappointed."
"In light of the fact I lost a husband and father to my children, 6 months behind bars is a paltry price to pay," she wrote to Havas. "The fact he managed to circumvent this shows how little remorse he has and what little respect he has for the life of my husband that he took and for the lives of those impacted by his callousness and recklessness."
Stinson's daughter wrote to Havas, "This is such a miscarriage of justice, and I don't understand how you've allowed this.