to respond? he told the juror his clients had reason to believe darren was armed and ready to attack. because he felt his life was threatened by the movement specifically of darren, he had to take the steps, unfortunately, to take his life. danger of a burglar is when there s a confrontation, and they all want to escape and do whatever they can to get away. the defense said there was no debate over one central fact. darren went into that garage to steal. on the stand karma s lawyer got darren s frent e friend, robbie, to admit that despite warnings, darren didn t see much wrong with garage hopping. i think darren never felt like it was a crime. but you were warning him and telling him it wasn t right. it was reckless and dangerous, right? yeah. yeah. like i understand on this way, but maybe he didn t understand. in fact, the defense suggested that darren was part of a local burglary ring that was stealing more than just beer
and i hope that no one ever finds themselves in a position the judge sentenced him to 70 years in prison. i almost wish he never said sorry because it was so empty and his face had just no expression. it was like scary almost like we were all taken aback and i was like take it back. like there was there was no meaning in that. and they say garage hopping is no longer popular. so the attitudes have changed about all of that since then? of course. yeah. i haven t heard a thing about it since. it s unheard of. now it is. yeah. diren s friends are hoping people will forget the one deadly mistake diren made. and remember instead the bright, charming guy they loved. you know, you re all pretty young to have to go through this. do you feel like this has changed you? yeah. 100%, yeah. everything every day you wake up you think obviously something
not the first kid in missoula to go sneaking into unlocked garages. he said the kids weren t after money, credit cards, or valuables. this stunt happened often enough that it had a name, garage hopping. and the target was usually beer. the reason for garage hopping, or garage shopping, i ve heard icalln and look f alcoholic beverages that they couleasily get and take. until this shooting, that sort of wasn t on anybody s radar in law enforcement? no. i had not heard of garage hopping. no. reporter: these three friends of diren s say they ve never gone garage hopping, but they know all about it. you all know people who do it or have done it? yeah. right? they understand it s illegal? uh-huh. yeah. but it seemed harmless? yeah. exactly. i mean, it s just they re like, hey, dude, this is a way for you to get some extra beer, you known, when you re on a saturday night.
his client had reason to believe diren dede was armed and ready to attack. and because he felt his life was threatened by the movement, specifically, of mr. dede, he had to take the steps, unfortunately, to take his life. the danger of a burglar is when there s a confrontation, and they all want to escape, and they ll do whatever they can to get away. reporter: the defense said there was no debate over one central fact. diren dede went into that garage to steal. and on the stand, kaarma s lawyer got diren s friend robby to admit that despite warnings, diren didn t see much wrong with garage hopping. i think diren never felt like it was a crime. but you were warning him. you were telling him it wasn t right. it was reckless. it was dangerous, right? yeah. yeah. like, i understand on this way. but he maybe didn t understand. reporter: in fact, the defense suggested that diren was part of a local burglary ring that was stealing more than just
and because he felt his life was threatened by the movement, specifically, of mr. dede, he had to take the steps, unfortunately, to take his life. the danger of a burglar is when there s a confrontation, and they all want to escape, and they ll do whatever they can to get away. reporter: the defense said there was no debate over one central fact. diren dede went into that garage to steal. and on the stand, kaarma s lawyer got diren s friend robby to admit that despite warnings, diren didn t see much wrong with garage hopping. i think diren never felt like it was a crime. but were warning him. you were telling him it wasn t right. it was reckless. it was dangerous, right? yeah. yeah. like, i understand on this way. but he maybe didn t understand. reporter: in fact, the defense suggested that diren was part of a local burglary ring that was stealing more than just beer and may have been behind the previous break-ins at the