Legal experts told Newsweek it would be difficult for Andrew Lester to mount a successful defense under Missouri's 'stand your ground' law.
in Kansas City and across the country, and prompted calls for Lester to be charged with a hate crime.
Another eight states without those laws permit people to use deadly force in self-defense with no duty to retreat, based on court decisions and other factors. "Furthermore, to make out a successful Stand Your Ground defense, Lester would also have to justify why he shot a second time while the victim was already on the ground and clearly not a threat," he said."All of the public information is inconsistent with a successful Stand Your Ground defense."
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