In the UK, killing a burglar caught in-the-act is a crime.
How about this for absurdity?
Parole board turns down Farmer
But Pushpinder Saini, for the Board, argued that it had not acted irrationally and burglars were entitled to protection from violent homeowners and were not to be treated as "fair game".
They should be treated with kid gloves and given help and understanding -- in a pig's eye!
David F Mayer