Keen claims that the four defendants are guilty. He criticizes Chief Justice Truepenny's decision to formally encourage the executive branch to provide clemency. Keen says the judge's role is not to direct the executive what to do, but to offer their opinion as private citizens. Our role, as judges, is to apply the statute, which undoubtedly applies on its terms to this case and not whether the actions of these men were "right" or "good," "evil" or "good," or whether the statute is good or bad policy. A judge should not apply the concepts of morality, but the law of the land. Keen argues that it is wrong to say that the defendants were acting in self-defense because Whetmore had not threatened their lives. He insists on “a separation between law and morality, believing that “the law” required a finding of guilt even if its own morality would lead to a different outcome” (D'Amato, 2010). He adds: “a difficult decision is never a popular decision.” A difficult decision in this case is probably good because it forces the legislature to reconsider the statute. He states that it is up to the people to remind Parliament of its mistake and not the judiciary (Jitani,