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An attorney for Andrew Lester maintains the 84-year-old could be acquitted at trial, saying “under the (self-defense) law, Mr. Lester didn’t need to wait to be attacked by a stranger in the dark” to shoot.
It will be more than a year until Andrew Lester, 84, stands trial in the shooting of then-16-year-old Ralph Yarl, who he is charged with shooting twice after the student
Ralph Yarl was the last of a dozen witnesses to testify Thursday at a preliminary hearing.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The defense attorney representing Andrew Lester, the Kansas City resident charged in the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl on his doorstep in April, asked a Clay
The 84-year-old said he shot the 16-year-old because he was “scared to death” of the Black stranger at his door.