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The law is nothing more or less than an expression of the morality of the society in which it exists. The state may try to place in checks and balances, but any such things can be swept aside with sufficient popular demand. No judgment is made in a moral vacuum, and as I said in the first instance, every mitigating factor is considered in relation to the crime.
Would the same exact circumstances be considered equally as mitigating factors for a car thief and a serial killer? Of course not - and that is the point I am making.
Brown might not be a murderer, but his actions have put him in a deep enough hole that nothing can save him from taking the top weight for this.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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