http://www.startribune.com/nation/284258201.html
On April 27, Markus Kaarma of Missoula shot and killed Diren Dede, 17, of Hamburg, who was in Kaarma's garage at the time of the incident. Kaarma is pleading not guilty of deliberate homicide and his defense attorneys are arguing that he was protecting his home and family when he fired the shots into his garage. Prosecutors say that Kaarma was already frustrated about recent burglaries at his house and had set up extra security. A friend stated that he was with Dede the night of the shooting and that he watched as Dede entered the garage, heard an unfamiliar voice say, "I see you there." and ran when he heard the first shot.
My opinion on this varies. There are many different possibilities on how this shooting went down. If Kaarma was sincerely scared of being robbed again he shouldn't have fired any shots and should have called the cops instead. But, no matter what happened, Dede should not have gone into that garage. Whether he was lured by a purse, as it was once claimed in the article, or if he went in out of curiosity. He should have stayed on the sidewalk and walked on. But that doesn't mean he deserved to be killed or that his death was his fault. No matter what happened, everyone made mistakes and Kaarma should receive some form of punishment for being responsible of the death of Dede.
I heard about this on the news and it definitely is a tricky case. You've got one side being that Dede was responsible for his actions and received the consequences for them. However, it is confusing when it comes to Markus pleading saying he was only trying to protect his family when, I agree, the wise thing would have been to call the police if the burglaries were really such a frequent problem.
ReplyDeleteThis is the first I'm hearing about this situation. It is really tricky. I think they should have punishment too.
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