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.

[boris1gary]

at the very least 2nd degree murder.

[katydidthat]

NSW Law:

18 Murder and manslaughter defined

(1)
(a) Murder shall be taken to have been committed where the act of the accused, or thing by him or her omitted to be done, causing the death charged, was done or omitted with reckless indifference to human life, or with intent to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm upon some person, or done in an attempt to commit, or during or immediately after the commission, by the accused, or some accomplice with him or her, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for life or for 25 years.

(b) Every other punishable homicide shall be taken to be manslaughter.

(2)
(a) No act or omission which was not malicious, or for which the accused had lawful cause or excuse, shall be within this section.

(b) No punishment or forfeiture shall be incurred by any person who kills another by misfortune only.

[4c4sale]

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@this-one-time-at-bandcamp wrote:

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.

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Too little information to say.

Also, your account is so grossly biased, and your mind so clearly made up that the homeowner/burglary victim who pursued the home invader is a murderer, that expending too much energy trying to change your mind seems a waste of time. *shrug*

[sineaterdoodah]

why would you tthink that band's info is biased? that doesn't make sense to me.

maybe you could post some info that is different ? what i've seen on my local news says that the homeowner violated the law there?

*edited to state that you can't chase people down and kill them anywhere in the USA*

[channys_mum]

There was no threat to the homeowner when he decided to take the action he did, therefore the guy committed murder and should be charged as such.

jmo

[chuk_77]

do you mean manslaughter?

Not enough info to go on to comment really

[katymatey*]

If the facts as stated by the OP are correct, then it is murder. Not manslaughter as far as I can see. What was the homeowner intending when he drove after the burgler? He was intending to stop him anyway he could, and that included running him over apparently.

[4c4sale]

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@sineaterdoodah wrote:

why would you tthink that band's info is biased? that doesn't make sense to me.

maybe you could post some info that is different ? what i've seen on my local news says that the homeowner violated the law there?

*edited to state that you can't chase people down and kill them anywhere in the USA*

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His presentation of the info. is biased as well as the info. itself, yes.

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

Did the victim chase the criminal down with the intent of killing him, or was his intent to apprehend, and the death an accident precipitated by the home invader's criminal act? 

The OP's bias roars at us, but the reality is unknown to any but a few.

Capiche?

[love*today]

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......