Parents outraged by homey prison life for driver who killed their son: 'How is this justice?'

A grieving household says Colorado instrumentality fto a texting operator disconnected casual and failed their son, who was killed portion crossing the street.

In August 2023, the lives of the Stratton household were everlastingly changed erstwhile their 10-year-old son, Oliver, oregon "Ollie," was struck and killed by a pistillate who was texting portion driving.

"She was texting portion driving connected that time that she killed our son," Clarissa Stratton told Fox News Digital. 

"One substance connection astir each 22 seconds for implicit a fractional hr connected repeat," she said.

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Oliver "Ollie" Stratton was riding his motorcycle location successful August 2023 erstwhile a driver, distracted by her phone, struck and killed him. (Provided by the Stratton family)

In August 2023, helium took his motorcycle to thrust astir the neighborhood. His parents said helium was two-thirds done crossing the thoroughfare erstwhile a car barreled into him.

He aboriginal died successful the hospital.

The operator who killed Oliver was Amy Weiss, a section mediate schoolhouse teacher. It was aboriginal revealed that the 54-year-old had been texting astir each 22 seconds successful the fractional hr starring up to the crash.

A pistillate convicted of hitting and sidesplitting 10-year-old Oliver "Ollie" Stratton was sentenced to 1 twelvemonth successful jail, the maximum punishment allowed nether Colorado law. (Provided by the Stratton family)

On March 7, 2025, she was sentenced for careless driving resulting successful decease and tampering with evidence. She received the maximum punishment allowed nether Colorado law: 1 year, served concurrently with a 364-day sentence.

"In Colorado, due to the fact that this was charged arsenic a postulation misdemeanor, they classify texting and driving arsenic careless behaviour alternatively of reckless, adjacent though it is simply a purposeful choice," Clarissa said. "They enactment it successful the aforesaid class arsenic being distracted by the sun."

"People are sentenced to much for stealing," she said.

Weiss was granted enactment release, meaning she serves her clip astatine a installation but tin permission for work, religion oregon appointments. She also, according to the Strattons, successfully petitioned the tribunal to be her daughter's out-of-state graduation.

"Every important infinitesimal of my child’s beingness is over. And the justice didn’t privation her to miss her daughter’s graduation," she said.

Photos of the Larimer County women's residential installation uncover the manner provided to inmates who are granted an alternate condemnation option.

Clarissa and Rod Stratton accidental the condemnation does not lucifer the value of their nonaccomplishment of their beloved son, Oliver. (Provided by the Stratton family)

The devastated parents said the Colorado ineligible strategy seemed much focused connected accommodating the perpetrator than honoring the gravity of their son's death.

"When you've been convicted of specified a insignificant charge, it opens the doorway for these flexible sentencing accommodations successful lieu of existent jailhouse time," they said. "The justice didn’t privation her to miss retired connected her daughter’s graduation. How is this justice? It conscionable isn’t."

Ollie’s Bike Parade was created to grant Oliver's representation and beforehand the ngo of protecting young, susceptible roadworthy users. (Provided by Stratton family)

In the aftermath of Oliver's death, the Strattons person go vocal advocates for ineligible reform. They testified earlier the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee successful enactment of a measure to elevate careless driving resulting successful decease from a misdemeanor to a felony.

Though lobbying efforts led to that proviso being removed, the household remains determined.

"Texting and driving is the caller drinking and driving," Clarissa said. "We person to halt pretending similar thing tin beryllium done." 

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The parents said that they would proceed to combat for different children successful Oliver's honor.

Their combat led them to commencement Oliver's Bike Parade, a nonprofit that strives to marque streets harmless for everyone done assemblage education, legislative advocacy, and remembering victims similar Ollie.

Ollie is survived by some of his parents, Rod and Clarissa Stratton, and each 3 of his siblings: Caily (15), Grayson (14) and Alex (6). (Provided by the Stratton family)

Oliver was the Strattons' 3rd kid successful the close-knit household of six.

Clarissa said her lad was "smart, funny, kind, energetic, enthusiastic, and really, truly silly."

"Ollie was bully to everyone, adjacent those who were mean to him... they don’t marque them rather similar Ollie Kane."

His father, Rod, told Fox News Digital that stories from his memorial work illustrated his kindness. One boy, helium said, recalled however the 10-year-old noticed helium had stopped participating successful recess races due to the fact that helium ever mislaid ft races. 

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Ollie offered to signifier moving with him each time "so helium could improve," Rod said.

"Ollie near a lasting interaction connected everyone who knew him," Clarissa said.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office for comment.