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Demo_Chris

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12. I do not believe that this is quite correct.

Reply to GreenStormCloud (Reply #11)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 01:53 PM

Jun 2013

If so, essentially ANYONE could walk simply by claiming self defense. A law like that would mean that basically any murder without witnesses was always not-guilty. In fact, all any defendent would need to say is "I was terrified, it was them or me!" They would need offer no more information than that, it would become the state's job to prove what happened and that the defendent did not feel threatened -- an impossibility.

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The importance of separating legal and social issues in Zimmerman trial. [View all] cheyanne Jun 2013 OP

Read up on affirmative defense... Bjorn Against Jun 2013 #1

thanks you're right . . . cheyanne Jun 2013 #2

well we know 3a is true because the dispatcher told him to stay in his car and wait for police. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #3

No. Z was ALREADY out of his truck when the dispatcher told him to not follow. GreenStormCloud Jun 2013 #4

well then he should have gotten back in his truck. The dispatcher gave him instructions. He was to liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #6

Not this crud again. Sad fact, bigots and gun lovers will have a say in this if they end up on jury Hoyt Jun 2013 #5

You have it backwards. GreenStormCloud Jun 2013 #7

thanks for the corrrection. cheyanne Jun 2013 #8

Not quite... Demo_Chris Jun 2013 #9

Florida works a bit differently that all the other states. GreenStormCloud Jun 2013 #11

I do not believe that this is quite correct. Demo_Chris Jun 2013 #12

I am not an attorney. You may be right. N/T GreenStormCloud Jun 2013 #13

All of those points are easily proven. Zoeisright Jun 2013 #10