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

[VGPolyglot]

palou said:

VGPolyglot said:

Well, most cases of homicide are already illegal though, unless it's justified self defense.

The important point for me is - self defence against theft *isn't* good enough, and a bad idea, overall, while self defence against a clear murder attempt would be more so. This walks the fence a bit.

It's not just theft though, it's robbery since he's doing it with the threat of force/violence.