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Surely the jurors will take into consideration...should they convict someone for self defense...this will make the courts and police the enemy of both the right and the left!!!
This is America....we dont try people for defending themselves!!
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Again, you're making things up. There is no legal definition of "shoot to maim", there is only the application of deadly force and whether the use of that deadly force is legally justified. It's understood that the application of a firearm carries with it the likelihood of death regardless of intent.
I'm not making anything up.
Here's the legal definition of "assault with intent to maim"
Assault with intent to maim—Any person who shall assault another with intent to maim or disfigure his person by cutting out or maiming the tongue, putting out or destroying an eye, cutting or tearing off an ear, cutting or slitting or mutilating the nose or lips or cutting off or disabling a limb, organ or member, ...
The judge doesn’t think he’s guilty, he is really struggling with his instructions.
Safe to say sane people think Kyle is not guilty after watching video evidence and hearing from eye witnesses
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