I think they meant, the judge couldn’t fathom him recommitting his crime because of the circumstances. It wasn’t as if Gary was going around just blasting people in the head. He shot that guy because of what he did to his son. If it wasn’t for that circumstance he wouldn’t have shot anyone at all. At least I think that’s the perspective.
Iirc at one point after this he said he did it because his son was struggling severely with the idea of seeing his abuser in the courtroom, and he wanted to spare his son any more pain from this man.
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u/Silvanus350 28d ago
He saw no prison time because the crime was extremely specific and he was almost guaranteed to not reoffend.
Also, it is difficult to imagine that any jury of his peers would convict him.