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Andrew, an attorney who specializes in self-defense law. involuntary manslaughter involves an element of negligence, right? doesn t have to be with malice, doesn t have to be purposeful, but what about the state case law and the fact of this case, do they line up? mice of these to the families of those who were killed. i have four children of my own. i can only imagine the horror and losses. ethan probably should be held to the fullest extent of the law accountable that these charges against his parents are nothing but politically motivated balder all on voluntary manslaughter requires workers the switches light degree of negligence, you have to have intentionally created a foreseeable risk of death to others and intentionally disregarded that risk. there is no evidence the parents did anything of the sort in this case. ....
There just isn t there just isn t the manpower. so it has to be done locally and that means we have to elect good d.a.s. there s also the issue of citizens arrest and self-defense laws. we saw a very different outcome in wisconsin when it came to the self-defense and defense with kyle rittenhouse, he was able to use that successfully in that case. obviously you can t compare, they re not apples to apples. but there are similarities here. victoria, when you re looking at self-defense laws around the country and citizens arrest laws, what is the first step? katy, this is something that i and the united states collectively has been thinking a lot about. and i think this was initially kicked off, if you remember, about a decade ago, with the killing of trayvon martin, where we saw a self-defense law in play. here again, in the last couple of cases we ve seen. ....
Happens, and then they re able to rely on self-defense. that s what the prosecution did a really good job of too, trying to let the jurors know that you cannot bring a gun to a fistfight. you cannot provoke an individual, and that individual responds, and then you rely on self-defense law. so we ll see what happens with respect to this case. i think it s very different. i think the facts are different. the law in georgia is slightly different as well from the law in wisconsin. but, again, we re dealing in the deep south with a jury comprised of 11 whites and 1 black, and we have a black defendant. and historically we know that has not been a situation where we ve seen the kind of justice that we think is required based on the facts and the law. areva martin, many thanks. appreciate it. thanks, rosemary. well, they peddled lies about the u.s. presidential election being stolen, which then fueled the capitol riot. now key allies of donald trump are facing subpoenas. ....
exactly right. it s ignited debates again about gun rights, self-defense. where do you see this? how can this verdict impact things going across the country? it s gotten people to talk about self-defense law. as it stands in all states, self-defense vaers wildly. in wisconsin once self-defense is raised, the other side has to disprove it. in other states the defense has the burden. it s got a lot of folks talking about what do we wants a a culture when it comes to self-defense? should it be more protected in your home or do we like the idea, stand your ground, wherever you walk in the world, you have a right to self-defense, which is equal to in the home. one more brief. he s been acquitted of the criminal charges. what sort of civil laws could he face? wisconsin has an immunity in ....
Argument that the prosecutor put out there. she went through each one of the charges, actually said to the jury the order in which she thought they should consider those charges. she kept coming back to two phrases, common sense and critical thinking. how effective is it when a prosecutor approaches the jury in that way? i thought she was really effective, erica. the defense has been factually deprived in this case from the get-go. mcmichael s testimony did not help at all. we saw the defendant become the prosecution star witness. he confirmed there was no threat, that really the only threat were the three defendants committing multiple felonies that this prosecutor laid out very clearly, refuting self-defense. you don t get to commit felonies and be the first aggressor and under the self-defense law in georgia claim self-defense. she went through this methodically in terms of the analysis. the first part was the citizens arrest. if you don t have a valid ....