78 year old arrested for murder of burglar, *Update: Cleared of all charge but still faces strife,

[palou]

VGPolyglot said:

palou said:

I speak of law not as a form of punishment, here, but rather as a deterrent for poor choices. Just as you need to deter the burglar from entering the home, you also need to deter the homeowner from engaging in the incredibly dangerous decision of fighting back against the burglar. In terms of culpability, no, I don't think that the homeowner did anything *bad* by defending himself when he was very justifiably frightened.

If you don't think he did anything bad though, then what are you proposing be done?

A fine would work, perhaps?

Criminally, nothing wrong, simply classify it as disorderly conduct.