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Occasional Reader6/01/2009 7:30:43 am PDT

re: #598 MandyManners

They pharmacist who put a bullet into a 14-year-old robber’s head then chased another one outside and then came back inside where he got another gun and pumped five bullets into the first robber’s prone body.

Pumping more bullets in a bad guy who’s alread down is something that special ops guys will do in a hostage rescue scenario; totally justified under those circumstances, because they need to be absolutely sure that the seemingly dropped bad guy is not actually about to lob grenade or fire a shot. But under simple robbery circumstances, it’s harder to justify. Still, in charging the guy with first degree murder, I think we’re looking at a prosecutor with an agenda.