• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Does every act of self defense automatically classify someone as a murderer?

    By definition, murder is the unjustified killing of a human. This is why homicide is the preferred term, with murder, if it’s mentioned at all, is a particularly egregious form of homicide.

    But the events that led to the death of those people that day was due to self defense.

    Nope. He sought that conflict out. The verdict aside, the chain of events leading to that conflict lead to him being there, being in that confrontation, and willfully engaging in that confrontation.