Former Arizona College Student Claims Self Defense in Murder Case

As you know, I host at LawNewz Network (an online version of Court TV) on Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. ET to about 1:00 p.m. ET. Last week LawNewz started to stream another live trial, this one from Flagstaff, Arizona while waiting for the Aaron Hernandez jury to reach a verdict. (The first full day of deliberations in Hernandez was last Friday, April 7. Jurors will resume on April 10.) The Arizona case is against Steven Jones, 20, who was a student at Northern Arizona University (NAU) for only four weeks at the time he opened fire on a group of students during a melee on campus, killing one and wounding three others. Jones says he fired in self-defense but the prosecution says Jones went on a rampage because “his feelings were hurt.” I find self defense cases interesting because the…