Your understanding appears to be correct.
To which, my response -- as a private citizen or as a juror -- would be "So what?"
The kid is pointing a gun at me. I shoot him first, before he shoots me. He goes down. I'm not going to stop shooting.
By the time I'm finished, he's going to be dead -- one way or the other.
How does that make me guilty of first degree (premeditated) murder?
The jury was either stupid...or racist...or both.
The pharmacist will win on appeal. It's just a shame that he'll have invest his life savings to pay the lawyers.
O.K. I screwed up.
Ersland murdered the kid in cold blood. No credit to young Antwun. But Ersland's actions were uncalled for.
Apologies to the thread.
Well I was just saying that after the guy was shot in the head and laying on the floor, what threat did he pose? I think it was a bit over-kill on the part of the pharmacist. Then too, some of his statements to the police and investigators didn’t stand up. Just saying.