MD store-owner not charged for killing fleeing robber: "With his hand shoved in the right pocket of his black Columbia jacket, Josue Angel walked into a gas station-doughnut shop early one morning last December and demanded cash. He had a gun and wasn't afraid to use it, the El Salvadoran immigrant told the owner of the Laurel store. To punctuate the threat, he punched the owner in the stomach. At first, Mapher Ibrahimi, a 48-year-old married father of two, complied - he opened the register and let Angel fill his pockets. But as Angel turned toward the door, Ibrahimi unzipped his black winter coat, pulled a .40 caliber Heckner & Koch semi-automatic from the holster on his hip and followed him outside. Outside, Ibrahimi yelled for Angel to stop. According to police reports, Ibrahimi said Angel then turned in a "scary way." The store owner opened fire - releasing a volley of six hollow-point bullets into the cold winter air. It didn't matter that Angel - an illegal immigrant with only traffic crimes on his record in Maryland - was trying to run away at the time of the shooting, Roessler said. Under his reading of state law, a store owner is allowed to pursue a thief and try to reclaim his property."


TN: Teacher acquitted of killing her husband: "It was a case that shook Maury County: a first grade teacher accused of killing her husband, a recent Iraq Veteran. His family claims it was murder; she says it was self-defense and late this week a jury agreed. Since the moment Armstrong called 911 on February 20th 2010, she stuck to her story. That she shot and killed her husband Maury Armstrong in self-defense. In the call she told operators, "He pulled in behind me and wouldn't let me leave and I showed him I had a gun and he came and attacked me and pushed me to the ground." Colley believed that his client was left with no choice after Armstrong was cornered while shooting at a target range on her parent's property. An eyewitness and the 911 call reveal she'd been attacked. The divorcing couple had a history of prior abuse, but this time she felt her own life was on the line."