[aimhigh]

Interesting details in the article.

[SteveH]

Paywall

Need summary

[redfreedom]

Shooting someone in the back and while they are on the ground isn’t exactly defensive.

I wonder if all the details are reported. I have a feeling the deceased did not go to this guy’s home to watch TV and have a few beers /s/.

[ETCM]

Not quite as cut and dried as I expected. While shooting someone in the back while they are on the ground is almost always a bad shoot, there is also this part of the ruling from the Judge: "John warned Willow to stay back but Willow still came into John’s home. Willow instigated the violence..." If you continue into someone's home, despite them pointing a gun at you, they are pretty much forced to kill you. If the prosecutor can prove that the "coup de grace" shot actually happened while he was face down on the ground, it could change everything.

[SteveH]

so what is the judge’s beef against the defendant?