I wonder how long until self defense becomes a capital punishment?
punished by capital punishment I meant.
"I wonder how long until self defense becomes a capital punishment?"
Looks like it already has. :-(
If he was shot in the back it's not self-defense. If the shooter wasn't in danger, and didn't give warning and attempt apprehend the perp, then the shooting was wrong.
Lives, even criminal lives, are worth more than property. You have the right to defend property rights, and in many states to use necessary force including deadly force to bring someone to justice who has violated those property rights.
But you don't have the right to take a life just because that person violated your property rights. There is a proper procedure to bring them to justice and let the courts dispense justice. If you exceed what is reasonably necessary to bring them to justice then you are guilty of a crime yourself.
Remember, they still have to convict him.
Fat chance.
Depends how EEEEurrrrropeeeeean the state wants to be.
Perhaps this can be party of "Sandy" O'Connor's goal of harmonizing laws between all nations.