Druggist in OKC is convicted of murder

[funkfool]

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...

[DeusExMachina]

Yep...that guy really wanted to kill someone.

[Hoosier]

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

I didn't hear about this the first time, and as I read it my first thoughts were that this action was unjust, until the last line, when yeah... five rounds into someone on the floor is just wrong.

H.

[BushMasterBoy]

He should have put 60 rounds in him like the SWAT team...conviction just another injustice in my view. They enter his business witn the intention of committing a felony and got what they deserved. Another sign that this country turned to crap...wtf...you lose your right to life, liberty & happiness when you enter another mans business armed and ready to do possible harm and also rob him. I hope the Governor or Obozo hands the guy a pardon...screw the rest of ya

[KevDen2005]

He should have put 60 rounds in him like the SWAT team...conviction just another injustice in my view. They enter his business witn the intention of committing a felony and got what they deserved. Another sign that this country turned to crap...wtf...you lose your right to life, liberty & happiness when you enter another mans business armed and ready to do possible harm and also rob him. I hope the Governor or Obozo hands the guy a pardon...screw the rest of ya

The president can't pardon him

and I think you mean the pursuit of happiness

[HBARleatherneck]

right or wrong. play stupid games win stupid prizes.

[KevDen2005]

right or wrong. play stupid games win stupid prizes.

+1 for that...And I am going to steal that line

[CrufflerSteve]

His shooting of the perp looked pretty cold. Bad, bad thing for a civilian carrying. Bad for an LEO also. Even so, if I had been on the jury I would not have found for 1st degree, something lesser or I would have deadlocked it. To me, it isn't premeditated when the adrenalin is still flowing from the initial incident. I'm sure somebody who execute a wounded bad guy shouldn't be allowed to touch a gun again but I disagree of life in prison.

Steve

[clublights]

I don't see how this can be seen as anything other then a execution ...

The Bad Guy was already down.. with an apparent head shot. then after a bit of time you walk up and at point blank pump 5 more rounds into the guy?

that's just wrong.. you shoot to stop the threat not to kill . once the bad guy is down he's down.

Sad part is if it was a head shot ( like has been said in the news report) the guy would probably have died anyways and the "good guy" would not be going thru all this. the video would have shown he acted correctly. but as soon as he walked up ... pump up on adrenaline or not.... and pumped more rounds into the guy .. he went from good guy to bad guy himself.

[mcantar18c]

+1 for that...And I am going to steal that line

My cousin broke his arm recently... I asked my aunt how it happened, she said it was when he was practicing "parkour" (is that what it's called?... the thing where you run around and jump off buildings and do flips and shit). I shrugged and told her that line... she slapped me.
Moral of the story: be careful where you use that line


Anyway, on one hand I can't support shooting unarmed people laying on the ground... but then again if you try to rob someone at gunpoint, i.e. put someone's life in danger, you've got it coming to you and I don't have sympathy for anything that may happen to you. He'd have to be pretty dumb to think he would get this past a jury though.