Here's A Situation........

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

An individual who alledges he interrupted a burglary at his home, jumped in his vehicle, trailed the fleeing perpetrator for a distance, then ran him over...........fatally.  Some folks on facebook laud him as a hero, far too few bother to examine the consequences of his actions.  He had already notified the police, and he was in no fear for his life.

Do you think, with the information provided, he should be indicted for, at least, 2nd degree murder?

Back a few years ago,  armed gunmen entered a drugstore in Oklahoma.......the manager wounded one, then chased the others outside.  He returned, went into the back room to obtain another weapon, then pumped five more shots into the first thug, who was laying on the floor.

A jury found that he was justified in the first shot, but the following five shots constituted murder, and the manager was sentenced to life in prison.  That same week, the other robbers were convicted of murder and sentenced also.

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

So, if some Jehovah's Witnesses come up to your front door, you feel you have the right to pursue him and end his life?  Interesting, because that's about how far the trespasser got............

How does anyone other than the victim of the home inavasion know whether the victim feared for his life?

Let's see........the trespasser was fleeing down the road, the killer was in his pickup truck chasing him.......I would imagine it was the dead man fearing for his life, and I'm sure a grand jury will see it that way.

[joz*garage]

A JW knocking on the door isn't the same as a home invasion....

"An individual who alledges he interrupted a burglary at his home"

have you got a link to the story?

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

The LEO's refer to the murdered man as a "trespasser"...........so, JW's might well be considered as trespassing.........in a country where gun owners feel justified in shooting their neighbors for playing music too loud, I can readily see someone running down a JW or Mormon who interrupted their nap.

[joz*garage]

and how is it this law abiding citizen was unable to dodge this homeowner's vehicle?

i reckon i could flee into somebody's property, exist... stage right, do a zig zag

[village_person]

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@katydidthat wrote:
NSW Law:

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Now there's an oxymoron if ever there was one. NSW Law; wonder what that looks like? 

[j*oono]

From what you have said here they are both murders in varying degrees.

The second one is just so wrong.  Well, they both are but to go back and shoot to kill a burglar that he had already disabled then it's murder plain and simple.  

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

If he killed the burglar in his house.... I wouldn't call it murder.

Running him over....... tough call.....  I think I would still call it man slaughter..... 

[joz*garage]

musta bummed him off big time, maybe he didn't have home insurance the burglar damaged something.

[boris1gary]

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@love*today wrote:
My opinion is the lowlife should not have broken into the house.

Has anyone here had a home invasion?
Very scary and yeah my man chased the guy down with the intent to do damage....and as per usual the cops came, took finger prints etc and NO results ever came......again *eye roll......

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yes i have, many years ago a man kicked in our front door and attacked Mr B who luckily always sleeps with a bat/weapon close by, Mr B broke his arm and the intruder took off with our front door, he returned about 20 minutes later with the door and crying about his arm. We rang an ambulance and his dad came and saw us later that day to apologise and offer to pay for all the damage, he had punched a few holes in the hallway plus the door. Turned out the bloke was having some mental health problems, point is if there had been a gun in the house i would have shot him and regretted it for the rest of my life. 

[love*today]

I wouldn't 🙂