It doesn't matter if he was, in anybody's estimation, a great all-around guy or a no-count white trash. Irrelevant. She killed an unarmed man by shooting him in the back. Was he trying to escape? Well, he was not a murderer (2nd degree burglary and possession of weed? C'mon) and attempted escape is not a capital offense.
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You’re assuming her intent was to kill.
That was definitely not in evidence, and absent proof that the event was staged to cause his death, she is acquitted.
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