[CedarDave]

Are you nuts? One is a heroic veteran. The other was a scumbag thief who got exactly what he deserved. The judge should be recalled immediately. Defense of private property is as sacred a right as self-defense.

Then this part of the sentence, left out above because of excerpt limitations, will frost you too (and I disagree with the judge on this):

The judge also ordered Richard to pay Romero's family $500 a month in restitution for five years.

[muawiyah]

The judge is mentally unstable. Time to remove him.

[caisson71]

First, the guy who shot the perp trying to steal his private property should be set free. Second, the judge should be thrown off the court and be required to pay the veteran $500.00 a month for “cruel and unusual punishment”.