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So when a store owner yells to a shoplifter to "stop or I will shoot", that is just as lawful as any order a cop yells.
And one would hope, unless the shop owner's life is in immediate danger, that if they did shoot and kill a shoplifter running away, they'd get 10 or more years in the pokey.
Depends on the state, but the whole point of the Stand Your Ground law is that you are also allowed to use deadly force to protect possessions as well as your safety.
In most states, you would only be charged when you shoot a thief trying to escape with your property, is if it was not actually your property.
When you yell, "Stop thief", that is a lawful order if on your property.
Trespassing is not stand your ground
It has been shown over and over she was a innocent trespasser.
The only things up for argument was whether or not she used excessive force and or was she in reasonable fear of her life?
The problem we see on here is too many have no ability for analytical thinking.
To understand whether or not she was in reasonable fear of her life one has to consider her state of mind.
That is the big mistake most make...with the benefit of hindsight and lack of knowledge on the law of self defense they come to erroneous conclusions and ignore her state of mind which is critical to this case.
Again....no way this was a case of murder....manslaughter or negligent homicide at most....that would even be a stretch.