I don't give a rats ass that the guy is 85 and they don't think he'll commit another crime, what's the downside to him if he does, he committed murder and murder of a Trooper at that. He should have been executed and short of that, honest to God life in prison also means death in prison! Did his victim get a chance at parole from death?
If there is justice this SOB will get run over by a bus before he gets to be a hero to mush minded idiots on the street.