Both Juries Got It Right
The law in North Carolina is clear and Georgia law is very similar. Persons are not justified in using deadly force to defend themselves if they Instigated the conflict Used excessive force Used deadly force to protect property Attempted to stop or detain a suspected criminal According to what I have read and heard, the men who were convicted in Georgia described their actions in exactly those terms. They thought the man they killed was a thief so they tried to detain him, th
