Vindication...belated...but vindication nevertheless

[HTCURRY]

A Supreme Court judge has ordered the release of a farmer who killed a gangster who had terrorised his family in the NSW central west.

Justice Michael Adams, at a sentencing hearing in the NSW Supreme Court in Orange, questioned whether the man, Timothy John Nam, should have been charged at all.

Justice Adams said the case was one of the most troubling he had ever heard and that Nam barely deserved even the downgraded manslaughter charge to which he had pleaded guilty.

read the entire article: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...198196533.html


Its never a good thing when a human being is killed...but good to see a judge for once use common sense and realize this person acted violently as a last resort, and only because of police apathy.

EDIT: oops I made a typo...in the thread title it should be VINdication not VICdication, hopefully a mod will correct the mistake...thanks in advance.

[VSSII]

I find it appaling that judges and magistrates who are employed to do the same job can have such differing views when presented with the same information. They're not talking about whether a Ford is better than a holden. They are talking about imprisoning a man for a few years of his life! In a matter such as that the police can't exercise any discretion and have to act on the information provided. At the end of the day it's only their job to present the information to the courts. Buuuut we sure don't live in a perfect world and I see no logical solution available. Think I'll just hope it doesn't happen to me!

[Kryton]

i was reading the article in the paper today about the whole situation....appaling to say the least. IMO they got what they deserved and hopefully they will do some heavy jail time for their actions.
good to see that the innocent party have had justice served on their part (finally).