Misjudged Self-Defense: A Controversial Case

Years after his conviction, Wafer’s lawyers made a stunning discovery.

During the original trial, the judge gave the jury the wrong instruction about self-defense.

A single legal phrase, misworded, meant they may have judged Wafer under the wrong standard.

His defense team appealed. And the court agreed: the instruction was flawed.

Suddenly, a man convicted of killing an unarmed teenager had a path to freedom.

But here’s the twist the public never forgets, even with the legal error,

the forensics never changed. The locked door. The aimed shot. Renisha was simply

knocking for help. Wafer’s sentence was reduced… but the question of intent still