‘Too bad they wouldn’t/couldn’t consider it justifiable or manslaughter with probation.
That would have been more effective deterrent.’
There was no gun powder residue. Had I been on the jury, even if given the above option I would have voted ‘not guilty’. There is a very real possibility that someone else did the actual shooting. As suggested, it could have been the mother. She just lost two precious sons. Maybe rage preceded grief. It’s a possibility, at any rate.
The holster and ammo indicates that someone in the house was probably experienced with .357. It is likely that all of the adults in the family and maybe the children were capable with the gun.
I just think if a guy blows away a drunk that kills his two kids he shouldn’t have to rely on some technicality.
Maybe give him a New Ford F150 Lariat loaded with Crew Cab and 20” wheels or something, not forced to break the bank, defending himself. He did the world a favor and he gets put through that.