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Execution or self-defense? Ex-CNY teacher’s prison sentence for in-law’s death hardest call of judge’s career - syracuse.com

James Ball sentenced
James Ball (center, in blue mask) squeezes his eyes shut after being sentenced to state prison in the 2017 death of his brother-in-law, Christopher Ross. Leaning to the left is defense lawyer Michael Spano. To the right is defense lawyer Bob Duncanson. N. Scott Trimble | [email protected]

Syracuse, NY -- Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick called it an execution, with two of four gunshots hitting the unarmed victim in the back.

Former Cicero schoolteacher James Ball called it self defense, saying that he killed his brother-in-law, Christopher Ross, after a bloody fight inside Ball’s home in Clay on July 4, 2017.

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source: https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2022/03/execution-or-self-defense-ex-cny-teacher-sent-to-prison-for-slaying-in-most-difficult-decision-of-judges-career.html

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