The prosecutors, Joseph Alexis, accused the killing as intentional— Peter Liang “chose” to place the finger on the trigger. However, Rae Koshetz, a 47-years-experienced layer, who she claims to treat clients with the same warmth as one of her family members, [12] disagreed with Alexis, and argued that what had happened was a tragedy, not a crime. Because Peter Liang did not chose to point his gun at the victim. Though the bullet bounced off the wall and coincidentally hit Akai Gurley, causing his death. Liang’s attorneys Robert Brown and Rae Koshetz argued that Liang was in a “state of shock” after his gun went off, and didn’t realize that he hit anyone. [19] The defendants also argued that Peter Liang pulling out his gun was still falling
