[Michael.SF.]

Justice Adams said he had given York a sentence at the lower end of the scale, partly because of the accidental nature of the stabbing.

That is the Judge speaking. Since he has no ax to grind in this case and saw all of the evidence I would tend to go along with his decision.

[drjimmy]

That is the Judge speaking. Since he has no ax to grind in this case and saw all of the evidence I would tend to go along with his decision.

So any decision made by a judge is, by your definition, a good one?

[Verginius Rufus]

I wonder how much time the judge would have given someone who killed someone in a vehicular accident while driving drunk? The English backpacker’s offense seems to be roughly equivalent. The main difference is that drunk drivers don’t know what their victims’ views on evolution might be.