> even if he was in fact guilty of attempted murder-for-hire, what's a reasonable punishment for that? He was not prosecuted and sentenced for that so life tim

> even if he was in fact guilty of attempted murder-for-hire, what's a reasonable punishment for that? He was not prosecuted and sentenced for that so life time in prison seems unjust. But such sentence would be reasonable for a serious attempted murder (like for succesfull murder). I see no reason to significantly lower penalty just because someone was incompetent or stopped. 7 years seems clearly too low for that.