I feel sorry for the friend. They died being unable to communicate their last words.
So you believe the story?
Incentive to lie (here)?
They served their time.
Exactly. The court assigned a punishment based on the crime. The entire point of separating legislating/policing/judicial is to keep things as objective as possible. The suggestion that someone deserves a punishment they weren't assigned is abhorrent. It's not far off excusing police beatings.