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Picerno said it was “shocking to think that killing unarmed people is justifiable under their current policy.” “It’s more sad than anything else.” Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article286921050.html#storylink=cpy

“Certainly, in this case, from what I do know about it, I anticipate that self defense in some form is going to be raised by one or more of the defendants,” John Picerno, a longtime Kansas City criminal defense attorney, said during a recent interview with The Star.

John Picerno is a local criminal defense attorney. He’s not associated with the case but said even before this moment people were talking about Britt Reid’s original sentencing feeling light. “This is a very unusual case. I can’t point you to any other case where this was an outcome,” Picerno said.

John Picerno, who represents Willis, previously told PEOPLE in a statement that his client “is unaware of how his friends died,” and is “anxiously awaiting the results of the autopsy and toxicology report.”

Willis' attorney, John Picerno, said his client "had absolutely nothing to do with the deaths of his three friends." "He's grieving, he's had to move out of his home, he's had to shut down his social media, he's taking leave of absence from his job, so it's really affected him," Picerno told KCTV in Kansas City on January 24.

“That’s ridiculous,” Picerno told Fox News Digital of Johnson’s parents’ comments. “He’s a scientist, and somehow he’s to blame? That’s an opinion not based in fact.”

Kansas City man was in bed, unaware of 3 friends’ deaths outside home, attorney says Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/article284506975.html#storylink=cpy

Kansas City Chiefs fan deaths: Homeowner had no idea, attorney says

And had they taken his vital signs and seen what was going on with his body, in terms of his body temperature, his blood pressure, his heart rate, all of