I think they were convicted of "felony murder" which is not the same as "murder." It refers to a situation where someone dies during the commission of a separate crime.
The "separate crime" presumably in this case is doing a citizen's arrest over a misdemeanor. If that is a felony and if someone died during the arrest, then they would be able to nail them on felony murder.
IMO this case is still a huge miscarriage of justice and does not portend well to those who want to simultaneously have the right to defend their neighborhood while also living among blacks.
People may have to simply live apart from blacks in order to avoid these problems in the future.
I think they were convicted of "felony murder" which is not the same as "murder." It refers to a situation where someone dies during the commission of a separate crime.
The "separate crime" presumably in this case is doing a citizen's arrest over a misdemeanor. If that is a felony and if someone died during the arrest, then they would be able to nail them on felony murder.
IMO this case is still a huge miscarriage of justice and does not portend well to those who want to simultaneously have the right to defend their neighborhood while also living among blacks.
People may have to simply live apart from blacks in order to avoid these problems in the future.