The Case Of Rebekah Ponder And Elshaday Yilma

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Under the laws of the State of Berea College, Rebekah Ponder and Elshaday Yilma are likely to be found not guilty by a jury of a form of criminal homicide and not guilty of a form of robbery. In this criminal case activity, I was placed in defense team 2 that defense Elshaday Yilma, however that didn’t determined my thought. From the evidence from the site, claim of witness, and circumstances, I can conclude that both of girls are not guilty of high class felony. First of all, there are no definite evidence show that Ponder shoot the gun at Walter White intentionally. Furthermore, there are no clear evidence that Ponder is initial aggressor. In case of robbery, most of the evidence are verbal or weak evidence. On the other hand, Yilma would …show more content…

According to law from State of Berea College, self-defense occur with a following situation for Ponder and Yilma: (1) When the defendant believes that such force is necessary to protect himself against the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by the other person (2) Deadly force is justifiable to protect himself against serious injury, rape, kidnap or death. Based on characteristic of Walter White, a victim, we can assume that he is not a typical good man, and two girls have to be prepare for dangerous …show more content…

According to Brad Fletcher, witness, he claim that Walter White put a physical offense on Rebekah Ponder on the tower. Mr. Fletcher was walking near by fountain after an event at Alumni building, and he heard an argument at the tower. He initially saw Walter pushing Rebekah over a rail of the tower, also heard Walter saying ‘I will kill you before I give it up’. The point is, Rebekah Ponder and Elshaday Yilma experienced Walter White’s offensive act already. From this incident, both girl acknowledged the danger of facing Walter White.

After Walter’s death at the Phelps Stokes, several witnesses brought up the contents from what they have seen and heard. While recording the witnesses’ claim, I found that there are a lot of evidence that justify Ponder’s killing on Walter as self-defense. According to witness, Lauren McKee, she saw a tall girl with long dark hair holding a gun, also heard a conversation before a bullet fired.
‘That wasn’t the deal’ – Male voice.
‘Back off let it go’ – Female

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