Friend walked in on a burglary.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

The previous post was meant to be "tongue-in-cheek." I hope to never take another life unless I have a damn good reason. Even then, I expect it will possibly haunt me till the day I die.

As for answering the prosecutor, "why did you enter the home, knowing that entering the home could put you in danger" I'd have to remind him that I am not a pussy, and take it from there.

Fair enough.

Your attorney- if he was any good- would have said "Objection- the individuals inside the home were not innocent, they were breaking and entering and in the process of a burglary, and leading the witness, we can't know if they meant him no harm or not."

By that time the damage is done. Even if they tell the jury to ignore the statement, they can't unhear what they just heard.

But either way, I still want to know what your answer would be.

why so much empathy for the fuckheads who broke into the guys house??? regardless of any of this nonsense, those kids got lucky. sounds like there are enough of us out there who, when there is an intruder in the house, our default could include violence, (justified or not) that these kids got flat out lucky.. even luckier that they dont even have to deal with charges. why thats still something that can be opted out of is beyond me.

I have touched on this thought before, but guys, when the people dont stand up, we are fucked... that includes the day and age of the "lawyer".... we need to take control of our society....

No empathy. The "empathy" I think you're talking about isn't my view.

The kids deserved charges at the least, and a good solid parental ass whooping would be more than justified. But death? That's a bit much.

In order for there to be a crime there has to be a victim... Whether it be society or another person.

Since society can't be the victim of burglary in this case there's only one option left... When that person declines to be the victim... There's no longer a crime.