What this charge is saying is that if you commit a felony and during the course of that felony, you provoke a deadly confrontation and some is killed, you can be held liable.

When the suspect points his pistol at clerk, the clerk shoots and kills one of the suspects.

We are being told by the district attorney that this is a novel approach to this law; it is not, we are told, been used in Alabama, although other states have applied felony murder to this type of scenario.

Due to the obvious self-defense issues, the clerk is not being charged with any crime.

Based on the obvious self defense issue here. No charges are being brought against the clerk.

Life is always walking up to us and saying, "Come on in, the living's fine," and what do we do? Back off and take its picture.