One for the Geek
Via Fark: Grand jury refuses to indict killer of would-be thief:
The man who shot and killed a would-be thief in his yard will not face murder charges after a Gloucester County grand jury voted against indicting him…The grand jury did return one indictment in the case: The alleged accomplice of the victim was indicted on charges of burglary and theft.
And this is in New Jersey! Of course, being New Jersey, there’s a cloud behind the silver lining:
Prosecutors are not giving up.
After the shooting, prosecutor Sean F. Dalton defended the charges, saying that New Jersey state law does not allow the use of deadly force to protect property. That’s still his argument.
Spokesman Bernie Weisenfeld said prosecutors are considering all their options on where to continue, including presenting the case to a second grand jury.
Can’t have the citizens “taking the law into their own hands,” doncha know?
October 24th, 2004 at 9:38 pm
Weekly Check on the Bias…
Welcome to the October 25th edition of the Weekly Check on the Bias. Here is where I take a look at some of the media coverage of gun and 2A issues. And guess what the top story of the past…