Around the country, laws authorize the use of deadly force with no duty to retreat, giving individuals immense discretion to shoot and kill even when other remedies would eliminate fear of assault without costing a life. Just this past month in Alabama, prosecutors opted not to charge a woman who shot a 21-year-old African American outside her home who turned out to be her ex-boyfriend’s step-son, and a jury cleared another defendant who shot a man dead who hit him with a socket wrench.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 01:30:38 +0000
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