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troutman · 12-22-2014, 08:45 AM

Montana Shooter Found Guilty Despite State's 'Castle Doctrine'

http://www.npr.org/2014/12/20/372136...m_content=2047

More than 30 states have laws that allow people to use deadly force if they have a reasonable fear for their life or property. But this week, a Montana jury said that type of law has its limits, finding a homeowner who shot a teenager in his garage guilty of deliberate homicide.

In the early hours of April 27, a motion detector alerted homeowner Markus Kaarma someone was in the garage of his home in Missoula, Mont. He went outside and almost immediately fired four shotgun blasts, killing 17-year-old Diren Dede, a German exchange student.

Prosecutors contended 30-year-old Kaarma was the aggressor and had purposefully lured an intruder into his garage in order to hurt him.

12-22-2014, 08:45 AM	#1215
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Montana Shooter Found Guilty Despite State's 'Castle Doctrine' http://www.npr.org/2014/12/20/372136...m_content=2047 More than 30 states have laws that allow people to use deadly force if they have a reasonable fear for their life or property. But this week, a Montana jury said that type of law has its limits, finding a homeowner who shot a teenager in his garage guilty of deliberate homicide. In the early hours of April 27, a motion detector alerted homeowner Markus Kaarma someone was in the garage of his home in Missoula, Mont. He went outside and almost immediately fired four shotgun blasts, killing 17-year-old Diren Dede, a German exchange student. Prosecutors contended 30-year-old Kaarma was the aggressor and had purposefully lured an intruder into his garage in order to hurt him.