re: Our legal system.... sucks.

Quoting Stfu Shirley:" This is the only thing you've said here that I am inclined to disagree with...only because it seems ... [snip!] ... my family to process an incident like that in a way that doesn't feel so much like an assault, then all the better for us."

You make a great point, and I agree now that you've explained that.  

It is awful what he did but this story is getting too much attention