We have this paradox situation where someone who kills another gets more harshly dealt with than someone who murders another. Why should a home owner have to compensate an intruder who cut himself badly when he broke into a house ? Why is self-defence a crime in Australia ?
Is it because most Judges & Magistrates where trained in australian Universities ? Are educated people in other countries as aloof & inept as here ?

'If one of my family was murdered, I’d want to know the exact circumstances and whether my relative had in any way exacerbated the situation
Ludwig,
My sentiments also but unfortunately blood is thicker than water in the majority of cases. This trait is particularly common with people living in hot climate & under/or under un-enlightened rule. I see it all the time. Something bad happens & everyone wants the perpetrators punished but as soon as the identity of the perpetrator is revealed to be a member of the predominant race here then condemnation for the victim begins in earnest to the stage where the victim has to give up their job & leave. Our legal system is ok it's only the magistrates & judges & criminal defence lawyers who fail us badly & literally exacerbate an already bad situation.
So far as murder goes it has to be life in prison. If it is a killing than I can accept a far lesser sentence. If someone is killed through the influence of drugs then it must be put back onto the authorities who let this happen. The Police are always on the roads looking for drunk drivers, you never see them around Pub carparks where they could stop a driver before they get into a car. Instead they let them hit the road first so they can score fines at the risk of some innocent people getting killed by a drunk. It really is a stupid system.