QuoteNo, that is not the answer. To quote the last part of my question:
Originally posted by: ricarleite
TheSessler already ansered it! He said the person was already in jail, so he was kept in his "comunity" (even though you would rot in the solitaire if you did sucha thing - remember shawnshank redemption?).
Why wasn't he sentenced to life-imprisonment?
If he was already in gaol and found guilty of murder he would still be sentenced to life-imprisonment (or possibly a lesser duration) to be served concurrently with his current sentence.
Also to quote the first sentence in my question:
A man is put on trial for murder.
He is a man, not a child. Age isn't truly important to the answer, except that he is older than 18. You've all come up with imaginative and inventive answers, the creativity is certainly there - but not the answer I'm looking for, nor anything really close to it. There is no trick question, however because of whatever legal reasons he couldn't be sentenced to gaol. This is a solid reason, and if a case ever happened like it you would expect the man to walk free. Except that it wouldn't be a riddle to figure out why he went free, it'd be bleedingly obvious.
Now complete this sentence and you'll work out the answer in a matter of minutes:
They would not convict a guilty man if it meant sentencing an ....