12-17-2014, 10:35 PM
(05-23-2014, 05:17 PM)SIXFOOTERsez Wrote: This one ain't right. Kid needed as ass beating but not killing.
This jerk off intentionally set a deadly trap and from what was reported there should be no reason for him to fear for his safety.
I agree. I'm glad the jury did too.
GUILTY OF DELIBERATE HOMICIDE
A man who shot and killed a German exchange student caught trespassing in his garage was convicted of deliberate homicide Wednesday in a case that attracted attention as a test of self-defense laws that govern the use of deadly force to defend life and property.
Cheers erupted in the packed courtroom when the verdict was read in the case against Markus Kaarma, 30.
Kaarma shot 17-year-old high school student Diren Dede in the early hours of April 27 after being alerted to an intruder by motion sensors. Witnesses testified Kaarma fired four shotgun blasts at Dede, who was unarmed.
Kaarma faces a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison when he is sentenced Feb. 11. His lawyers plan to appeal.
Dede's parents were in the courtroom and hugged and cried when they heard the jury's decision.
Kaarma's lawyers argued at trial that he feared for his life, didn't know if the intruder was armed, and was on edge because his garage was burglarized at least once in the weeks before the shooting. They said under Montana's "stand your ground" law, Kaarma's actions were justifiable because he feared for his family's safety.
Prosecutors maintained that after the previous burglary, Kaarma was intent on luring an intruder into his garage and then harming that person. That night, Kaarma left his garage door partially open with a purse inside.
At trial, neighbors testified that Kaarma's girlfriend, Janelle Pflager, told them of the couple's plans to bait an intruder and catch a burglar themselves because they believed police weren't responding to area break-ins.
Story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/markus-kaarm...nts-death/