The sentence is more than appropriate. This is not a case where the homeowner was defending his life. The death penalty is not an appropriate punishment for trespassing and it is not acceptable to set up a situation just to prove a point and exact some vigilante justice. I can’t believe anyone would think that’s okay or go further, to celebrate the fact that this guy basically murdered a 17 year old.
You don’t have to defend your life; defense of property applies.
1 AM, remember. That’s not murder even by the thinnest-stretched definition.
Montana lawmakers seem to be OK with teenagers “who are simply garage-hopping”, too.