He should be given a medal, not prosecuted. Even if he shot the bastard in his back running, as far as I'm concerned.
Come to TX, here if they are in your house nothing is said unless your weapon is crew serve or belt fed.
I don't give a crap about that kind of a low life who steal and break into people's properties. I personally don't think I would have shot to kill, but then I'm not sure there's a choice. Who knows if he would have survived the guy might have to put up with who knows what lawsuits as the laws of this country are increasingly protecting criminals.
To be honest, I don't see what is so wrong about Islam fanatics chopping off the hands of thieves. If they did that, lowlife scum like this would think twice before breaking into a car or a house.
Now if the guy was in my house in the middle of the night, uninvited and I had a loaded gun, there is no way he would get out alive. I know how to put that piece of lead in his sorry brains. Sorry but I have 3 little girls in there that could easily be harmed or used as hostages, and I am not willing to take the risk of having to live the rest of my life with the thought that I didn't do everything I could to keep them from being harmed.