COLUMBIA — The facts of the case are not at issue in the first-degree murder trial this week of William Clinch. Both sides agree that at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 2, 2007, in the parking lot of the McDonald’s on Clark Lane, Clinch shot and killed Jeremy Bohannon, his former brother-in-law.
Today's Question: Must a threat be 'imminent' to justify deadly force as self-defense?
Monday, October 19, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT;
updated 8:39 a.m. CDT, Monday, October 19, 2009
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