[PROCON]

So, because the perp wasn't inside the house, it's murder.

Poor guy, will a Massachusetts jury convict him?

[V K Lee]

So the SOP would be to shoot to kill, open door, drag body inside the home and THEN call police? TRiUMPh

[from occupied ga]

Poor guy, will a Massachusetts jury convict him?

You bet. This is a state where the overwhelming majority of massholes are democrats, and democrats believe that there is no right to self defense. The believe that the only the government should have guns, so yes he will probably be convicted.

[grania]

Whooaaaa. According to the article, there were three teens trying to break into his house. What would his odds have been if he let them get in his house.

Sounds like a situation that for a decent lawyer and trial by jury. No one in their right mind will think it's okay to wait for three teens to break in their house.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

So, because the perp wasn't inside the house, it's murder.
Yes. In Massachusetts, he's screwed.

Poor guy, will a Massachusetts jury convict him?
Yes. While in MA you no longer are required to flee your own house when faced with an intruder, firing on someone who is not in your house will get you convicted.

[captain_dave]

The charge is not unreasonable since the homeowner was inside, behind a secured door, and the drunken fool was outside the house. He was not in any immediate danger and should have called the police to come a collect the drunk.

[WKUHilltopper]

Massachusetts, once the cradle of liberty, now a tyrannical sh@t pit designed to crush individuals.

[Dawgreg]

And Lovell was supposed to know this? That law sounds more than outrageous. I guess everyone in fear of their lives will have to open the door from here on out and hope the perp doesn’t shoot first.......grrrrr. If he gets convicted there needs to be a national outcry!

[TheDon]

I wouldn’t.

[stellaluna]

Look people, you can’t shoot him in the yard and you can’t shoot him on the porch in most states and you can’t shoot him the back running down the driveway. I hope the poor homeowner gets a decent jury.

[EDINVA]

“....they mistook Lovell’s home for someone else’s.”

That just doesn’t hold water. If they mistook it for someone else’s home, which we are to assume was a friend’s, why would they not respond to his efforts to communicate with them, or why try to break in, break a window pane? Does not add up.

I would imagine that in time he will be cleared, but the horror he will live thru in the meanwhile will be insufferable.

While we’re at it, why do people live in places like MA?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Investigators later learned that Francisco and the other teens had been drinking at a friend’s home nearby and began walking through the neighborhood when they mistook Lovell’s home for someone else’s.

Nonsense.

They were looking to break into someones home and were in the process of doing so even though they knew the home was occupied.

They should be charged with felony homicide.

[A CA Guy]

The ones allowing the children alcohol are the murderers here.