BBC NEWS, Washington
Reuters86-year-old man in Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty of attacking the second degree in shooting Ralph Joul, a teenager who accidentally accidentally visited the wrong address.
According to US media, Andrew Leicester on Friday agreed with a smaller charge under the guilt agreement. His court was supposed to start next week.
In April 2023, Ralph Yarl, 16, called the lester door when he went to pick up his younger brothers. Prosecutors say Leicester shot a teenager without talking to him. The boy survived.
It was one of several cases during the shooting of unarmed people after confusing addresses that launched a discussion on your ground laws in some US states, which allows the death force to prevent death or great bodily harm.
The case caused protests and attracted the attention of supporters of civil rights and racial justice, who claimed that Ralph Jarl race was a factor in firing. Ralph is black and Leester White.
Police initially said the shooting had a “racial component”, but the authorities eventually decided not to charge Leoster with a crime on hatred.
Leicester and his lawyers said he acted in self -defense and thought that the teenager was trying to break into his home.
In a court speech 2023, he initially did not plead guilty before the attack and armed charges of the crime. He collided with life in prison when he was convicted in court.
He will be sentenced on March 7 for a lesser fee. He faces up to seven years in prison.
“We still hope that his sentence will not be just slap on the wrist, but also a decision that supports the seriousness of his crime.” The Yarl family said in a statement to local media.
KCTVRalph Yarl told the authorities that his mother had sent him to pick up brothers and sisters at 22:00 local time that night. He confused similar street names – North -Eastern Street 115 and 115th Terrace in the Northeast -which put it on the doorstep of Leter and approximately a quarter from the house he tried to visit.
After he called the door, Leicester shot him twice – once in his forehead and once in his hand. The prosecutor’s office stated that “did not cross the threshold” of Lester at home and survived after escape to neighboring houses for help.
Police initially detained Leiser for questioning and released him without charges, causing protests to Kansas. Later, Leicester appealed after the arrest warrant.
Ralph Yeg, who has graduated from high school, is expected to give a statement on the victims of the sentence next month.
Protests that attracted the support of celebrities, including Galle Berry, Carey Washington and Jennifer Hudson, called for racial justice and drew attention to the identification of their basic laws. Critics claimed that they contributed to weapons against black people in the US.
The right was also one of the Several spring 2023 In which Americans – many children and teenagers – were injured after minor mistakes were met.
