No, he's a hero because he turned himself, risking a jail term, for a greater good when he didn't have to.--Dan Evans
he•ro
—n.,
1. a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.
2. a person who, in the opinion of others, who has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal: He was a local hero when he saved the drowning child.
3. the principal male character in a story, play, film, etc.
4. Class. Myth.
a. a being of godlike prowess and beneficence who often came to be honored as a divinity.
b. (in the Homeric period) a warrior-chieftain of special strength, courage, or ability.
c. (in later antiquity) an immortal being; demigod.
5. See hero sandwich.
6. the bread or roll used in making a hero sandwich.
If he is a hero then he must be a sandwitch. He comes as close to fitting that definition of hero as he does any of the others. Or we could add another definition for hero to the list:
7.Anyone who preforms a less than selfish act.
There you go, now he is a hero.
Or we could add another definition for hero to the list: 7.Anyone who preforms a less than selfish act. There you go, now he is a hero. If I were going to add a definition to the dictionary I would say that a hero is someone who sacrifices himself for a greater good.
There is a lot of legal precedent for letting him off easy. Criminals get charges reduced all the time for testifing against other criminals. And remember, he wasn't caught, he turned himself in.