That is ridiculous. nobody could be expected to believe he would be killed. My father owned a M29 4 inch barrel which I was shooting with full house 240 grain loads at 10 years old. I didn't want to shoot it after 2 shots but it was ludicrous for anyone to think it would kill me. I have owned the Casull and it indeed does kick hard but my Casull did not kick much more than the 4 inch Smith with 240 grain bullets and full house 4227 loads. As a matter of fact the Smith was harder on your wrists than the single action Casull.
It's called criminal negligence.