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Re: Only in America! ? (was ... Re: sudo and UNIXes



Doug writes:
> In many (most?) states, you are only justified in using deadly force
> if you are threatened with bodily harm to yourself or your family.

If you wake up in the middle of the night, see a stranger searching your
dresser, and shoot him, you will almost certainly succeed in convincing
a court that you were in justifiable fear for your life even if he turns
out to be unarmed.  In many states that suffices.

On the other hand, if you shoot a couple of teenagers just because they
stepped off the sidewalk and onto your lawn you will be convicted of
murder anywhere in the USA.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA


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