A man faces only five years in prison for shooting his longtime friend six times at close range — a sentence that left the victim’s family devastated Wednesday over a what they see as a failed justice system.

“As long as our judges and lawyers are only interested in putting dangerous people back on the streets, violence will continue,” said Philip Rousseaux Sr., 62, whose son Michel Rousseaux, 28, of Severna Park, was shot to death Nov. 4, 2005.