Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Jerome Ersland is Appealing his Murder Conviction

The Washington Post reports

An Oklahoma pharmacist sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a teenager who tried to rob his store claimed Monday that his case was mishandled and his attorney was ineffective.

Jerome Ersland, 60, made the allegations in an appeal that asks the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to order a new trial and set aside his May 2011 first-degree murder conviction and sentence.

 Prosecutors concluded Ersland was justified when he shot 16-year-old Antwun Parker in the head, knocking him to the ground, and then chased a second would-be robber out of the store. But they said he went too far when he grabbed a second handgun and shot the unconscious boy five more times in the abdomen. A coroner’s report said the latter shots killed Parker.

A 12-member jury rejected Ersland’s claims of self-defense and unanimously convicted him of murder.
I thought we'd heard the last of this guy. We discussed him at length at the time of the shooting, here and here. For me he's the king of the false DGU.

Naturally there were plenty of supporters among the biased gun-rights crowd. For them, the execution of a criminal is a good thing, no matter how it's done.  On the most popular gun blog there is, TTAG, they often advise murderers like Ersland to keep their mouth shut  when the police come, all the better to get away with their criminal behavior. These guys are nothing if they're not loyal to one another.

Jerome Ersland didn't get away with his actions and now he's trying to get off on a technicality.

What's your opinion?  Please leave a comment.

17 comments:

  1. First off, he is guilty of murder. I don't really care if it's first or second degree, although I think that's the distinction he would be trying to make here.

    As for King of the false DGU, I think you are off base. It was a legitimate DGU to start with. It was when he came back and shot the robber again that it became murder. I'm sure you could find a better example of a false DGU if you looked hard enough.

    As for TTAG, they advise everyone to keep their mouths shut, not just "murderers". I'm sure you see virtually anyone who advocates for gun rights as potential murderers, so maybe in your mind that was a legitimate criticism. Keeping you mouth shut as much as possible is good advice for anyone.

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    1. You're right. This was both a good DGU and a bad one. He did try to claim he was justified.

      You're also right that I could come up with better examples. I have actually.

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  2. "Keeping you mouth shut as much as possible is good advice for anyone."

    Out of the mouths of gunzloonz. Pass that advice along to Purrfessor Camp.

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    1. You should heed that advice as well democommie....some of the crap out of your mouth...

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    2. Democommie, are you having a lucid day today? You don't come around much lately.

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    3. DC can't stand the fact the anyone is allowed to comment without moderation on this board. He typically chooses to take his ball home and pout that his point of view is not the only point of view allowed on the board.

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    4. To the one referred to as "Demmocommie":

      Are you perpetually drunk/high or do you lack the knowledge of "spell check"?


      At least Greg will manage to be creative when referring to you in disparaging terms.

      Laci/Dog Gone where better anyway..............

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    5. E.N., "where" asks about the location of something. "Were" is the third person past tense of the to be verb.

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    6. To quote you (the computer trained redneck):

      "You love to call me a "computer-trained redneck," whatever that's supposed to mean, but to pick up on your illusion, just think of me as Odysseus."

      It's allusion, not "illusion", allusion referring to a (typically) literary reference, and illusion referring to a magician's stage or parlor trick (such as your intellectual self aggrandizing)

      Also based on the beliefs which you espouse, it is rather clear that you identify with the "redneck" or "cracker" phenomenon which persists in North American culture. I believe they made a documentary on the likes of you, Deliverance.

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    7. Thanks for pointing out the typo. Deliverance was fiction, not that you'd understand the difference. You're coy about your own culture. My guess is that you're a fake. That, or you're an agent for a foreign power. I can't imagine an American being that submissive to tyranny.

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  3. Dear anonyhole:

    Fuck you, very much, you cowardly piece of shit.

    Dear Greggie:

    Honey, I quit coming here because mikeb302000 shut off the check valve that kept yours and other gunzloonz sewerage from backin' up into the threads.

    When you gonna give us the name of that school where you leave your gunz in the car? Never would be my guess, because you're a lying sack of shit.

    Aren't you happy I don't come here every day, asshole?

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    1. Since you're not capable of avoiding foul language, yes, I am glad that you don't come around.

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    2. "Honey, I quit coming here because mikeb302000 shut off the check valve that kept yours and other gunzloonz sewerage from backin' up into the threads."

      Then why are you here now? Starting to get bored of your tired and lonely existence? Needed some attention? Poor baby, life must be pretty slow for a shitty photographer in bumfuck nowhere.

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    3. Now why would you call me a cowardly piece of sh**? Because I dare to criticize you? Please elaborate if you can.

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    4. Even (most) of the computer-trained rednecks who frequent this blog (Greg and his minions) manage to be more coherent than "Democommie", who's incessant dogmatic self-bastardization, does little to help his apparent cause, except to funnel both sides into a Charybdis of petty name calling.

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    5. E.N., well, well, well, now you're lashing out at someone on your side. This is why control freaks fail--they inevitably attack their own out of lack of ideological purity. You love to call me a "computer-trained redneck," whatever that's supposed to mean, but to pick up on your illusion, just think of me as Odysseus.

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  4. Just sent a thousand dollars to Ersland's defense fund. And I recommended him for a medal too. It's just a shame he didn't kill the other nigger too.

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