Jackson Jambalaya

If horse thieves could be shot back in the day, can't bike thieves also be shot, the modern horse?

Regardless, more black-on-black violence.

This case will be thrown out. Clear-cut example of Castle Doctrine. We can kill to protect property rights, no matter the value.

May 25, 2021 at 3:30 PM - Not so fast my friend. "Castle Doctrine" does not give you the right to kill someone who is stealing your property, unless your life is in danger.

In 2006, Mississippi statutorily incorporated the so-called “Castle "Doctrine.” The law applies not only to a person’s home, but also his occupied vehicle or in or around the immediate premises of his business/place of employment. Basically, the “Castle Doctrine” provides that a person can presume a criminal who unlawfully and forcefully enters his premises intends to kill, cause great bodily harm or commit a felony upon the occupant. This is a rebuttable presumption, meaning that the prosecution may still obtain a conviction if it can be shown the ‘defender’ was not in actual fear for his safety.

Thanks 7:05. Buuuuut . . .

August 2008, Sabrinder Pannu shot and killed James Hawthorne, 15, outside the J & S Food Mart on Medgar Evers Boulevard in Jackson. Hawthorne had stolen a case of beer and was in a car pulling away when Pannu shot and killed him.


Hinds County D.A. Smith prosecuted Pannu for murder and for firing his weapon into an occupied vehicle. Smith argued that neither Pannu's life nor anyone else's life was in danger as Hawthorne drove away.

The jury didn't see it that way; it acquitted Pannu of both charges.

Smith said after the trial that he believed the jury's perceptions of crime in Jackson affected the decision. People fear being robbed and killed, he said, and he believed the jury was trying to send a message that such behavior would not be tolerated.

Days after Pannu shot Hawthorne, Aug. 25, 2008, Terrance Prior entered a convenience store on Robinson Road wearing a mask and carrying a gun and robbed the store.

After he left the building, the clerk chased Prior, and shot and killed him. In that case, law enforcement refused to press charges against the shooter, citing the Castle Doctrine. Authorities did not release the clerk's name.