This is about the law not the situation. I think it should be called the "dead men tell no tales law". Basically you can shoot someone dead and say you feared for your life and if the other person is dead and no witnesses you're home free. It will be very difficult to get a successful prosecution. Unfortunately this has turned into a media frenzy and I think the State prosecutor is in a win win situation. If she wins the case of course she wins. If she loses she can say she tried and blame it on the law. She wins there too.