i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales and this is dateline. he was definitely charismatic. he was the new kid in town, super popular, all about adventure. this kid was like, awesome. he jumped right in th culture. he liked to show off to the girls. they were the neighbors just down the block, of family in fear. they had their vehicles broken into, she was scared. someone had been sneaking into their home and now someon was in their garage. i m sitting there panicking he s coming after me in a flash, it was over that charismatic kid dead o the floor. fits it was terrible, i think i screamed for an hour what happened in that garag that night it was the last person that would come to my mind. a neighbor protecting his home or preparing a trap makes the statement it showtime it is showtime? exactly a teenager, a father, a murder, no one would be th same we were all taken aback welcome to dateline he came to americ
he s coming after me. in a flash, it was over. that charismatic kid dead on the floor. fits it was terrible, i think i screamed for an hour. what happened in that garage that night? it was the last person that would come to my mind. a neighbor protecting his home or preparing a trap? makes the statement it s showtime. it showtime? exactly. a teenager, a father, a murder, no one would be the same. we were all taken aback. welcome to dateline. he came to america as an adventurous exchange student, but he took one risk too many and it cost him his life. was his death a case of a homeowner protecting his family and property? or something far more deliberate. here is josh mankiewicz with deadly exchange. it s a dilemma that confronts every teenager, how to simultaneously fit in with your friends and rebel against everyone else. that two step is made easier by the knowledge, maybe the certainty, that you will live forever. kids do dumb stuff all the ti
are reacting to think, fight o flight while some people may have retreated or call the police whatever he came forward and confronted the individual he can t control it his body went into fight mode. the defense said that kaarm felt threatened in his home an was it within his legal rights to shoot under something called the castle doctrine. the legislature has mad decisions that it should b easier to protect yourself within your house. you may or may not like th castle doctrine. i never actually like the law, the judge doesn t either but you have to follow the long defense attorney reince insists that markus kaarma was guilty of nothing more tha perfect checked in his family. this is your house. you defend it within your hous as you choose to defend it by the time the defense rested, those closest to diren dede thought that markus kaarm s lawyers had redefined wha this case was about. who diren was kind of got lost in this
the judge doesn t either. but you have to follow the long. defense attorney reince insists that markus kaarma was guilty of nothing more than perfect checked in his family. this is your house. you defend it within your house as you choose to defend it. by the time the defense rested, those closest to diren dede thought that markus kaarma s lawyers had redefined what this case was about. who diren was kind of got lost in this. a lot of the things i heard about him sounded like some foreigner who came here to stir the pot and make trouble. actually a commit crimes. right. and to prosecutors, the real criminal in this case was markus kaarma, who was, plain and simple, a murderer. the fact is, the defendant was angry and vengeful. he knew it was a kid coming into his garage. it is 12 gauge in his hand.
the legislature has made decisions that it should be easier to protect yourself within your house. you may or may not like the castle doctrine. i never asked you to like the law, and the judge doesn t either, but he says you have to follow the law. reporter: defense attorney ryan insisted that markus karma was guilty of nothing more than protecting his family. this is your house. you defend it within your house as you choose to defend it. reporter: by the time the defense rested, those closest to diren dede thought that markus kaarma s lawyers had redefined what this case was about. who diren was kind of got lost in all of this, didn t it? uh-huh. a lot of the stuff that i heard and read made him sound like some sort of foreigner who just came here to stir the pot and make trouble. and commit crimes? right. yeah. reporter: but to prosecutors andrew paul and jennifer clark, the real criminal in this case was markus kaarma, who was, plain and simple, a murderer. the