“The jury will be sympathetic”
Very possible.
I remember a story out of Louisiana in the 80s where a pedo molested a young boy.
The pedo got caught and arrested and had to be flown back to where the molestation occurred.
The boys day knew when the pedo was gonna be at the airport.
Acting like he was on a payphone, when the LEOs escorted the pedo through the airport past him he pulled a pistol and shot the pedo right in the head killing him.
The dad was of course arrested but when he went to trial a jury found him not guilty.
Being Louisiana......it didn’t really surprise me.
A TV film crew actually filmed the pedo being shot. The jury decided that they did not believe their lying eyes. Good decision by the jury.
The prosecutor had a very unenviable job, as it was 100% premeditated murder filmed by the TV crew. He had no choice but to prosecute. He probably hated his job that day.