On America's Unchecked Gun Culture Killed Trayvon Martin
Though, as the shooter's attorney argued, he would likely have a case based on Wisconsin's old law as well.
True, but he would have likely had to convince a jury. The jury instructions imposed by the castle doctrine are among its most insidious aspects and a strong disincentive for DAs to prosecute. Here's what the state bar criminal section warned legislators last fall:
Assume a man kills his wife in cold blood in the family home without witnesses. I suggest that a man who is willing to kill his wife is not squeamish about committing perjury. If he takes the stand and claims that he mistakenly thought she was an intruder, under AB 69, the jury must be instructed that he is presumed to have reasonably believed that force was necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself. The jury, in effect, is prevented from considering if his act was unreasonable.
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On Why the Tea Party Hates Occupy Wall Street
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On Absurd Taco Bell Dorito Taco Shell Is Corporate America's Most Abstract Commentary On The Absence Of Authenticity To Date
Puny half-measures. Wake me up for the Oreo taco shell.
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On Skies Darken
Alex Balk hates the proletariat so much he prays for the Dampening, literal and metaphorical. At least it'll wash off the mace!
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On But What About the Second-To-Last Meal?
Sharia law would ensure an eye for an eye. Just sayin'
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On Amazon's Warehouse of Sadness and Horribleness
"Pepsi, Coke, Mountain Dew though tasty will not quench your thirst OR replenish your body."
A real Randian would charge for that advice.
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On Jon Stewart, Stop Hurting America!
@deepomega Scroll down to "The Braniac" subhed.
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On Anders Breivik, The American Tea Party, Norway and "Sharia Creep"
@HiredGoons And a growing number of the fascists try to couch themselves as anti-fascists. Echoing Glenn Beck, Breivik called the Labor Party youth camp a "violent Stoltenberg-Jugend."
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On Mouth Robot Used For Extremely Disappointing Purpose
I'd train it to sing sea shanties. Like, say...Haul Away Joe.
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On The Astounding Wrongness of Bill Keller on Hate Crimes
@saythatscool Pretty sure bias crime is just a synonym for hate crime. http://bit.ly/HamzIr