I just got a memory of an old movie in my head and I can't place it. I don't even know if I liked it or what it was about.
But it started this way: Drunk guys attack his girlfriend. He rescues her and beats up the guys in the process. His lawyer advises him to plead guilty so he'll get off with a slap on his hands. But the court argues since he's a soldier and trained in use of deadly force he must be sent to prison for many years.
That's it.