Jurors reject pharmacist’s self-defense plea; convict him of murder

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Yesterday, a jury rejected an Oklahoma pharmacist's plea that he was acting in self-defense when he killed a man in an attempted robbery, and sent him to prison for first-degree murder.

According to Tulsa World, two employees at Reliable Discount Pharmacy testified that Jerome Jay Ersland saved their lives and was a "hero" for shooting at the two masked robbers two years ago, killing one.

But prosecutors played the store's surveillance video to argue that he was acting in cold-blood when he shot the masked robber, left the store to chase the other robber, returned, grabbed another gun, and then shot the unconscious man five more times.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSBBlEhmWNQ

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weird....

(I have a story!...:lol:)

A number of years ago in our city, a pharmacist who owned his drugstore shot and killed a would-be burglar.Turns out he had a history of being robbed and had pulled his gun previously on a would-be thief before the incident where he killed the guy.

The trial was prominent in our city because of the different gun control laws and the question of - Was the druggist waiting for someone to screw with him because of past occurrences? ( a la Bernard Goetz)

I think he was finally acquitted...I live on 45st and 33rd ave, his store was on 33 ave about 2 miles away, I had met the old guy before he shot the burglar.His name was Kessler.

Very similar to the story above

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got his name wrong :oops:


http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_23_19/ai_n25078181/