Pharmacist Gets Life Sentence for Killing Robber
He pumped five bullets into already unconscious victim By Tim Karan, Newser Staff

Bookmark & Share Digg Fark LinkedIn StumbleUpon Delicious Google Buzz Reddit Tumblr (Newser) – An Oklahoma pharmacist was sentenced to life in prison today for the shooting death of a teenager who tried to rob his store. Jerome Ersland, 59, was charged with first-degree murder, but will have the possibility of parole, reports MSNBC. As he left the courtroom, Ersland told a reporter the sentence was "an injustice of monumental proportion."

Ersland pulled a gun on two armed robbers in 2009, shot one in the head and then chased the other out of the store. A security camera then caught him go behind the counter, grab another gun, and shoot the wounded teen five more times as he lay unconscious. Defense attorneys argue it was self defense, and say they will appeal. Thousands of supporters signed a petition asking the governor to pardon Ersland, or ease his sentence
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