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  • OK, so, if there was nothing this guy could do at the time but go get help, how was that the wrong decision to make, even if it resulted in his girlfriend‘s death? Like, I get how this is a complicated moral question, and that’s why it went to court. Judges and a jury considered this, and they felt that he should be punished, but only X amount.

    I don’t know that I would’ve done much better in a situation where I had to make that kind of judgment. In fact, I’m quite certain I would’ve done the exact same thing, because it would have been the only thing I could do. This isn’t some situation of homicide where malice was involved. This was a very difficult set of circumstances with only one solution.

    The court couldn’t reasonably let him get away with it, but a suspended sentence and the nearly €10,000 fine is still a reasonable penalty. Considering the circumstances.

    Consider the girls family. Do you think they would want this dragged out further? What would that accomplish?