I had a really sick feeling on the legal fate of the old man in the aftermath of this shooting, since technically he was no longer in immediate danger as the burglars were fleeing, and he shot them in the back. And to add insult to injury, it is California after all.
But low and behold, after doing a quick search, it turns out the DA decided not to prosecute him, determining his actions were 'justified self-defense'.
One piece of human scum permanently removed from society (turns out she wasn't really pregnant), and the dude and his mother who was the lookout locked up in the pen. Just too bad he couldn't have fragged them all.
Looks like the prosecutor didn't like the optics of trying an 80 year old burglary victim. He knew that case would go down in flames.
Bonanza 28 points 4 months ago
I had a really sick feeling on the legal fate of the old man in the aftermath of this shooting, since technically he was no longer in immediate danger as the burglars were fleeing, and he shot them in the back. And to add insult to injury, it is California after all.
But low and behold, after doing a quick search, it turns out the DA decided not to prosecute him, determining his actions were 'justified self-defense'.
One piece of human scum permanently removed from society (turns out she wasn't really pregnant), and the dude and his mother who was the lookout locked up in the pen. Just too bad he couldn't have fragged them all.
Looks like the prosecutor didn't like the optics of trying an 80 year old burglary victim. He knew that case would go down in flames.
Sometimes the good guys really do win after all.