Prosecutors HATE Self-defense

You should rely on the State for your safety, even if we know that they cannot ensure your safety. Corey Kendig homicide trial: Not guilty of all charges in strip club killing

Another homicide case involving a self-defense claim has ended in an acquittal at the Erie County Courthouse, as a jury on Monday swiftly found 30-year-old Corey R. Kendig not guilty of all charges in a fatal shooting outside a Harborcreek Township strip club in October.

The jury deliberated about an hour before finding Kendig not guilty of third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter and other counts. [My emphasis. Z-Deb]

And the Erie County Prosecutors really hate self-defense. This guy was jumped by 4 people. There is video showing that he did in fact try to retreat, before he pulled his gun - legally owned - and defended himself.

The defense attorney gets the last word.

"This was a classic case of self-defense," Carlson said after the verdict. "You have a citizen who is jumped outside of a nightclub by four people who he had no idea who they were or what their intentions were. Conversely, at least some if not all of them knew who he was. And their words, their actions, their size and their numbers led to his reasonable belief that he was in jeopardy of either serious bodily injury or death at their hands."