Prosecutors Say Missouri Bill Would Legalize Murder

Missouri state Sen. Eric Burlison’s (R) “bill seeks to give shooters and other assailants the benefit of the doubt that they were acting in self-defense,” the AP reports.

“If passed, it would mean that prosecutors could not bring charges against people who reasonably believed they were acting in self-defense. Police would need to find probable cause that shooters or other assailants acted unlawfully before arresting them.”