20 year sentence handed down for 20-year-old who shot LMPD officer

Who cares...the point is a life was taken by illegal means and the punishment is inadequate. I sense you are either a defense lawyer or are very close to someone who is. Until you yourself are a victim of a crime you see nothing wrong with it.

Most cases don't go to a jury and charges are amended down. A murder usually becomes manslaughter or something even less if the evidence is weak. Its true you have to do 85 percent for certain violent crimes since the law was changed to require that.