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South Carolina Stands "Stand Your Ground" on its head - rankandfile - 07-11-2013
If this defense succeeds, then the whole state has fallen down the rabbit hole.
Excerpt:
COLUMBIA, SC — An armed intruder is making a “Stand Your Ground” argument in a murder trial, saying he shouldn’t be prosecuted for shooting and killing the man whose home he broke into because it looked as though the man was about to shoot him first.
The state’s 2006 “Stand Your Ground” law effectively allows people to claim “immunity from prosecution” when they have used deadly force to deal with and even kill people in various situations if they believed they were being threatened by them.
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Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/07/10/2856356/sc-supreme-court-stops-murder.html#storylink=cpy
Re: South Carolina Stands "Stand Your Ground" on its head - Lemon Drop - 07-11-2013
reading that full article, it sounds more like a technical issue around when certain hearings have to take place, rather than anything about the substance or validity, in this case, of a SYG defense.
Re: South Carolina Stands "Stand Your Ground" on its head - SteveG - 07-11-2013
2A fans celebrate a close victory over sanity.
Re: South Carolina Stands "Stand Your Ground" on its head - Bill in NC - 07-12-2013
iirc SYG laws generally stipulate you must have the legal right to be on that ground, but a trespasser wouldn't.