“So...someone breaks into your home, you shoot him in the hand but the bullet travels up his arm and into his chest cavity and the intruder dies, and you get charged with capital murder? This sounds like something out of the 9th Circuit.”
No. Samuel Parker Reed was an accomplice to the burglar, the 18 year old black male.
The unidentified AK47 shooter is the home defender.
Sounds like the 7.62x39 has a lot more power than I thought it did.