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Dede entered Kaarma's garage late at night looking for alcohol; according to prosecutors, Kaarma had deliberately set out to attract and then shoot the burglar after having been the victim of several recent burglaries. In
December 2014, Kaarma was convicted of deliberate homicide, a charge that is
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District Judge Ed McLean, who retired shortly after presiding over Kaarma's trial, denied Kaarma's request for a new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel, writing that Kaarma's attorneys had performed "...within the wide range of professionally competent
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Today justice prevailed over senseless and unnecessary gun violence with the guilty verdict in the Kaarma trial. Seventeen-year-old Diren Dede’s death did not have to happen – and we know that unfortunately, there are laws on the books that embolden people like Mr. Kaarma to shoot first and ask
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Germany, Dede's home country. Much of the attention focused on Montana's castle doctrine law, which Kaarma claimed justified his actions. NBC's
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law was amended in 2009 allowing the use of deadly force if a homeowner "reasonably believes" an intruder is attempting to harm them. The amendment was sponsored by the U.S.'s biggest gun lobby, the
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in other states. He was sentenced to 70 years in prison and will be eligible for parole after 20 years of incarceration. In
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