Just Post

It is justifiable homicide.

“The victim must reasonably believe, under the totality of the circumstances, that the assailant intended to commit a criminal act that would likely result in the death or life-threatening injury of an innocent person.”

The only part in debate would be “criminal act”. I think the former CEO’s conduct rises to that level - murder of a depraved heart, perhaps:

“In United States law, depraved-heart murder, also known as depraved-indifference murder, is a type of murder where an individual acts with a "depraved indifference" to human life and where such acts result in a death, despite that individual not explicitly intending to kill.”