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He was over-charged

One of many errors by the prosecution. It didn't help that the judge was partial to the defense. But there was no way any jury was going to convict him on the 1st degree homicide charges. They should have gone with involuntary manslaughter. Anything higher than that was likely to fail because a reasonable juror could see an element of self-defense in his actions.

They could have had him behind bars for a reasonable sentence, reasonable for a 17 year old kid acting part in self-defense. Then he'd be out of the headlines and learning something. Instead, he's the right's new action hero, and would-be vigilantes just got a big green light to arm up for the next wave of protests.



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