Faculty in the Media

He Fatally Shot a White Man, Claiming Self Defense. Now He’s Charged With Murder

A Black Montgomery County man has been charged with first-degree murder after shooting a white neighbor who was attacking him while shouting racial slurs. Prof. Jules Epstein suggests that prosecutorial discretion might be appropriate: “This was not a planned execution.”

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