Florida man "pre-emptively" murders his two neighbors; lawyers cite the Bush doctrine as his defense

[Suicide King]

Convict him on Murder 1 and send him in for 25. This is getting ridiculous.

I doubt he gets convicted.

Pay attention...

In nearly a third of the cases the Times analyzed, defendants initiated the fight, shot an unarmed person or pursued their victim — and still went free.

Similar cases can have opposite outcomes. Depending on who decided their cases, some drug dealers claiming self-defense have gone to prison while others have been set free. The same holds true for killers who left a fight, only to arm themselves and return. Shoot someone from your doorway? Fire on a fleeing burglar? Your case can swing on different interpretations of the law by prosecutors, judge or jury.

Derrick Hansberry thought John Webster was having an affair with his estranged wife, so he confronted Webster on a basketball court in Dade City in 2005. A fight broke out and Hansberry shot his unarmed rival at least five times, putting him in the hospital for three weeks.

Ultimately, a jury acquitted Hansberry, but not before police and prosecutors weighed in. Neither thought Hansberry could reasonably argue self-defense because he took the gun with him and initiated the confrontation.

• During an argument at a 2009 party in Fort Myers, Omar Bonilla fired his gun into the ground and beat Demarro Battle, then went inside and gave the gun to a friend. If Battle feared for his life, he had time to flee. Instead, he got a gun from his car and returned to shoot Bonilla three times, including once in the back. Battle was not charged in the slaying.

•At another party in the same town five months later, Reginald Etienne and Joshua Sands were arguing. Etienne left the party and returned with a knife. During a fistfight between the two men, Etienne fatally stabbed Sands. He was sent to prison for life.

In West Palm Beach, Christopher Cote started pounding on the door of neighbor Jose Tapanes at 4 a.m. after an argument over Cote's dog. Tapanes stepped outside and fired his shotgun twice, killing Cote. A jury acquitted him, but prosecutors and a judge had discounted Tapanes' self-defense claim, saying if he was truly afraid for his life, he should not have stepped outside.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/public...s-some-shocking-outcomes-depending-on/1233133

 

[the next guy]

I doubt he gets convicted.

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http://www.tampabay.com/news/public...s-some-shocking-outcomes-depending-on/1233133

Makes me sick how far gone some states are.

 

[Suicide King]

Makes me sick how far gone some states are.

Problem with the law the only evidence you need is "reasonable fear." How is a prosecutor supposed to fight this in court?

The idiot politician says, "I think they were more focused on just the climactic moment of interchange.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/...das-stand-your-ground-law-puzzled-by-rulings/

People are getting away with murder because of this idiot.

It would be interesting if someone stands their ground against one of his loved ones.

 

[TheReal_Broke_88m3_13]

I doubt he gets convicted.

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http://www.tampabay.com/news/public...s-some-shocking-outcomes-depending-on/1233133

Live in flori dumb brehs

@Tony_Bromo

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

Live in flori dumb brehs

@Tony_Bromo

I only vouch for south fla breh

 

[Marvel]

We'll see if cacs allow cacs to use the stand your ground argument on defenseless cacs. That video

Oh and.....