Johnny Cade Should Not Be Accused Of Murder

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Should someone be convicted of murder even if they did it to protect themselves and their friends or should they remain guilty? In the fictional novel The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton there are two main rival gangs, The Socs and The Greasers. One night Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis were at a park Far East and the socs came and they fought. While they were fighting Johnny took a 6 inch switchblade and stabbed Bob in the back. This resulted o in the death of Bob. Johnny Cade should not be convicted of murder.
One reason why Johnny Cade is innocent and should not be charged of murder because he killed bob in self defense. Before Johnny killed Bob the Socs were drowning Ponyboy in a fountain and they were drunk and weren’t in a good state