The sentence should have been less. The same for the crime if committed in Mexico. This decision is designed, custom-made, to intimidate all other ranchers. So the net effect is to encourage more Mexican border jumping, property desecration and crime. The Mexican counsel down there is happy today.
Like I said, the judge can care less. He's got a FedGubberMint job with all the bennies while other Americans contend with a lousy economy and an immigration invasion.
The guy was facing up to twenty years, so the judge didn't throw the book at him. Shooting someone in the back is a pretty serious crime, no matter who they are. I don't think this will have a chilling effect at all for anyone who tries to patrol private land in a lawful manner.
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