Life without Evidence

Did Howard Morgan deserve a 40-year sentence?

     On April 5th, 2012 sixty-three year old Howard Morgan was sentenced to 40 years in prison. On February 21, 2005, early morning, he was pulled over for driving in the wrong direction on a one way street and allegedly his tail lights were not on. In conclusion he was shot 28 times , 21 times in his back and 7 times in his chest .
      According to the four police officers who shot him, John Wrigley, Eric White, Timothy Finley and Nicolas Olsen, the incident occurred like this:
     They claimed Morgan pulled out his gun and began firing to resist arrest. Officer Finley spotted that Morgan had a gun and yelled "gun" to he remaining 3 officers.   It is said that Morgan shot 17 times and the officers had no choice but to shoot back.
       Facts that do not support this claim :

• Why would Howard Morgan fear being arrested if he was just driving on the wrong street and did not have lights on? At the most that it would just be a ticket, right?
• Being that Mr. Morgan was a cop, I am pretty sure he was aware of the consequences that would take place if shooting at another cop.
• Howard was just leaving his job and was minutes away from home. What would cause him to act in such a manner and decide to start shooting cops?
• There were 4 cops, Howard's basic instinct before shooting obviously knew he was not going to leave out of that situation alive. 
• The one and only eyewitness seen something totally different. Charice Rush claimed  she saw police snatch Morgan out of his car, push him to the ground, and shoot him. 

      Fortunately Howard Morgan lived to tell his side of the story, despite being shot 28 times. His version of the story had a different type of twist to it:

          Once he was pulled over he claims he was ordered out of the car and was searched.  During the search his holstered gun was spotted and a cop yelled "Gun" and from there on he was an open target. He explained that he had no time to produce his police identification.

          Facts about this claim:

• Howard was a former Chicago police officer and at the time was a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad police man so he was authorized to carry the gun that he had.
• Howard was never tested for gun residue to prove that he shot at police officers, so is there something to hide?
• The one eye witness statement that supported Morgan's side of the story was said to be influenced by the state attorney who solicited the police report . 

        Nothing at all adds up in this case. Does this man really deserve to spend the rest of his life in prison?