Being sorry for it has nothing to do with it. Sending her to prison won’t accomplish anything and it won’t keep society safe from her.
No need to get insulting.
You completely FAIL to miss one or more of the aspects of incarceration:
Punishment: She gets to go to jail for her crime AGAINST SOCIETY. That she feels bad about it doesn’t matter.
Deterrance: Sending people to jail deters OTHERS from committing the same crime (or, to some, making the same “mistake”).
Word around the street is she got off easy due to ties she has with local gov’t. It’s well discussed around the VA Tech area (same town). Call it insulting if you wish, but one is only insulted if they can see they are wrong and don’t like it.