Druggist in OKC is convicted of murder

by: NOLAN CLAY NewsOK.com
Friday, May 27, 2011
5/27/2011 8:39:47 AM

OKLAHOMA CITY - An emotional jury decided Thursday that pharmacist Jerome Jay Ersland is guilty of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a masked robber two years ago in an Oklahoma City drugstore.

Jurors recommended life in prison as punishment.

Two co-workers at Reliable Discount Pharmacy told jurors that Ersland was a hero who saved their lives on May 19, 2009.

But prosecutors called him an executioner who shot a wounded, unarmed robber five more times after the robber had fallen to the floor unconscious and was no longer a threat.

The surveillance footage is posted here...
If the guy is down and not armed... he is no longer a threat...