Byron Smith
I have often blogged about cases in which there is no question who was the person who killed another... this is such a case. One thing that seems to be a resounding claim in these sorts of cases is self defense. One person kills another but claims they were in fear of their own life and had no choice but to do so. Then there are the cases like the Montana case of Markus Kaarma that uses laws such as "Stand Your Ground", also known as the Castle doctrines, to attempt to prove they had a legal right to defend themselves and their property. I mention the Kaarma case specifically because the Byron Smith case is very similar in many aspects. They are cases in which the question is not who pulled the trigger, but whether the use of deadly forced was warranted or taken too far. Strangely enough in both these cases the defendants were ultimately convicted, not just because of their use of deadly force but because prosecutors were able to prove in both cases that th...