Cos it's his Human RIght!!!
(and this stupid country wouldnt let him have a gun)
It's not really about Human Rights and lumping that sort of thing about is getting into the sort of Daily Mail reporting territory. The trouble with this is that when Human Rights is an actual issue then association with things like this means that public interest is diminished and it gets harder to protect and preserve them.
The reasoning behind a sentence that will at some point allow Gledhill behind the wheel of a car is based on two related things. Firstly the current judicial system which incorporates a system of sentencing guidelines doesn't allow for the courts to prescribe a permanent revoking of a driving license. Nor, for that matter, does our drivers licensing system. Secondly, this is because our judicial and sentencing system is designed to include the prospect of rehabilitation and reformation of offenders.
If the judge had issued a sentence that had been longer or more onerous then Gledhill would have been able to seek a review, especially if it had exceeded the existing guidelines and license disqualification practices. I doubt another court hearing would do much for John's family.
However, I suspect that further discussions on the rights and wrongs of our system would be best saved for somewhere else. The sentence won't bring John back and nor will our anger and ire over it's inadequacy.