Federal Agent guilty of murder?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/25/virgin.islands.atf.agent.case/index.html?iref=NS1


The article I selected I found on CNN and it was a story about an ATF agent who shot a man five times and killed him in the virgin islands. Allegedly, AFT agent, William Clark was off duty and noticed a nude man screaming at his girlfriend and shouting racial slurs at a neighbor who had come outside to see what the commotion was.The victim of the shooting had a high blood alcohol level and was also under the influence of other drugs. The victim went inside his house when Clark approached and put on shorts then attempted to attack the off duty agent with a large flash light. The reason I selected this article is because this agent is now on trial for second degree murder. Similar to celebrities, I feel like and assume people in the military get special treatment when going on trial for crimes. Due to the fact that this man serves our government his sentence if he does receive one will be far less than anyone else would serve for this crime . the man who was shot 5 times was not carrying any other weapons and due to the training of the ATF agent I would assume he would know another way to disarm the man from his flashlight. Instead he shot the man five times. I always notice and do not understand how people get such special treatment than others who do not serve in the military.