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The jury in this case is gonna be in for a lot of debate. I see some real issues in the way the laws regarding second degree is worded. I'm thinking it might get reduced to manslaughter...but there is a glitch there to, involuntary doesn't quite fit either. Criminal negligence???...Here is a link to info regarding laws in MN for anyone interested. Minnesota Felony & Misdemeanor Criminal Defense
I like how they report the two "apparently broke into the home".
As if there is any doubt.
I noticed that, too, but I would guess that it's because the investigation isn't finished yet. Also, the teens didn't get to be tried and convicted, so it's all guessing at this point.
Yeah, it seemed like you didn't really have the whole story. Creepy, don't you think? I don't blame him in the least for incapacitating them, but he should have left it there and called the cops.
Hindsight is 20:20.
It's hard to say what any of us would do if we were being terrorized and harassed by some career criminals.
Then you're home alone, you hear the sound of breaking glass and the footsteps of people walking around your house. You're in the basement -- too afraid to go upstairs -- in your own house. You wait for them to leave....... but they don't leave. Now they come down into the basement....
It could even be a matter of temporary insanity - certainly they need to look at this guy's whole life and see if he's ever committed another crime against someone. If in 60 plus years, his record was clean -- that should be considered. If he was ever a threat before then that should be considered.
Normally though, you would not know if those doing a home invasion on you are armed or not armed -- the article said the boy used a lead pipe to smash the window, so it's safest to assume someone who has broken into your home while you are in it is armed. A shot to the abdomen doesn't remove them as a threat because they could still pull a gun and shoot you. In fact here in Texas they tell you that if someone has broken into your house, you don't shoot to only wound slightly -- that's a great way to have them kill you for sure, you shoot to kill.
It's hard to say what any of us would do if we were being terrorized and harassed by some career criminals.
Then you're home alone, you hear the sound of breaking glass and the footsteps of people walking around your house. You're in the basement -- too afraid to go upstairs -- in your own house. You wait for them to leave....... but they don't leave. Now they come down into the basement....
It could even be a matter of temporary insanity - certainly they need to look at this guy's whole life and see if he's ever committed another crime against someone. If in 60 plus years, his record was clean -- that should be considered. If he was ever a threat before then that should be considered.
Normally though, you would not know if those doing a home invasion on you are armed or not armed -- the article said the boy used a lead pipe to smash the window, so it's safest to assume someone who has broken into your home while you are in it is armed. A shot to the abdomen doesn't remove them as a threat because they could still pull a gun and shoot you. In fact here in Texas they tell you that if someone has broken into your house, you don't shoot to only wound slightly -- that's a great way to have them kill you for sure, you shoot to kill.
Exactly.
All the whining and bellyaching about how the old man was lying in wait, blah, blah.....silliest thing I ever heard from the usual brainless forum suspects. The kids had him trapped in the basement. For all he knew, the kids weren't going to let him out alive, so he did what he had to do.
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