Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Wafer's Whine

I don't blame him.

"Detroit man convicted in porch shooting case" Associated Press   August 08, 2014

DETROIT — A suburban Detroit man who insisted he killed an unarmed woman on his porch in self-defense was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday after the jury rejected his tearful claim that he fired through a screen door in the wee hours because he feared his life was at risk.

No one knows why Renisha McBride ended up at the Dearborn Heights home of Theodore Wafer last Nov. 2, although prosecutors speculated that the 19-year-old woman may have been confused and seeking help, hours after she had crashed her car blocks away. An autopsy found she was extremely drunk.

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Related: Globe Almost Forgot Detroit Shooting 

Don't forget the appeal.