[faithhopecharity]

it is seldom the wisest tactic to shoot them in their backsides

(there being some legal doctrines, at least in a few far leftst states, along the lines that you’re supposed to let them go if they’re on their way out)

having said that,
actually charging Mama with murder under these circumstances seems excessive, misguided...imho

[Dr. Franklin]

it is seldom the wisest tactic to shoot them in their backsides

I knew an older guy who was a retired Marine who shot a guy in the ass who was on his property bothering his adult daughter. The boyfriend had been living in their house before they broke up. The father died of a heart attack changing the locks worrying about getting criminally charged. He died before the DA made any decision. It's not the rational thing to do, but humans can make emotional decisions when they feel one of their children is threatened. It happens all the time.

[Albion Wilde]

charging Mama with murder under these circumstances seems excessive, misguided...imho

I do agree. I have read other comments since I made my last one, and I do see that shooting him in the back outside the house is a major strike against her, although I tend to agree with the crime of passion aspect. But an emotion-driven warning to her daughter about “putting a hole in his ass” does not sound like classic premeditation, the requirement for first degree, since she only (allegedly) said “a boy”, not which boy her daughter might have been contemplating some misbehavior with. So “it wasn't personal—just business.” Mama bidness.