[piasa]

On his way to Brooks' home, Jay Maynor also fired shots into a convenience store

That there is why he got 40 yrs.

[treetopsandroofs]

My first thought as well.

He looks like a biker, so there will be alleged freepers here who don’t think the sentence was harsh enough.

FWIW, here’s a petition for his pardon:

https://www.change.org/p/alabama-governor-pardon-jay-maynor-for-a-40-year-sentence-for-the-murder-of-his-daughters-sexual-abuser