The release was early on several counts: First, what was clearly murder got reduced to a 'manslaughter' charge to begin with. Then, despite the court noting that Azarya showed no remorse and in fact had said that Al Sharif "deserved to die", despite the court noting "we have dealt with a case in which the committing of the felony and the level of guilt of the defendant are of excessive egregiousness", noting that "the reason for shooting by the defendant was not rooted in a sense of danger", the court gave him a ridiculous sentence of 1.5 years, at the low end of the term suggested even by the prosecution (14-48 months).
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