[EyeBrock]

I think it's interesting that the guilty guy’s lawyer appealed the courts martial sentence and the appeal court gave exactly the same sentence of four years custody.

It would appear that the civilian courts are making a public display of confirming the military courts findings.

[SprCForr]

The appeal was still a Courts Martial. The appeal was solely on a technicality about the makeup of the military jury. No new evidence, no changes in testimoney, or anything else. He's just as guilty as he was the first time.

[EyeBrock]

My mistake, I read somewhere else that it was a provincial court of appeal.

[ShepherdsDog]

Guy_Fawkes Guy_Fawkes:

Dont know, but I doubt it. I have a feeling they new what the sentence would be before the trial started, they were just going through the motions.

I'm sort of curious about what the sentence would have been if it only involved a serious injury, rather than a death. Was the time handed down more about the improper handling of a firearm, or was it based on a the charge of manslaughter?

[Guy_Fawkes]

Im thinking the nature of the manslaughter, he killed a close friend of his, lost his career in the military and will be thought of always as a murder. If he had only wounded him he would have definitely gotten less (maybe a year, and dishonorable discharge). It's impossible to say with any certainty thought.