It's degrees of guilt. He is guilty of a crime but to serve 10-years for an act of lunacy in a war zone where you have spent months in a tension filled environment where your colleagues are having their heads removed seems a little harsh.
So given the tension on the roads these days, I'd be justified in carrying a gun and killing the next driver who endangers my life. I'd expect to receive a conviction, but it should be suspended, right?
He executed someone. That's cold blooded murder, nothing less.
It's degrees of guilt. He is guilty of a crime but to serve 10-years for an act of lunacy in a war zone where you have spent months in a tension filled environment where your colleagues are having their heads removed seems a little harsh.