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Originally posted by Odium
Imagine being sent to prison, for 25 years for murdering someone who was say raping your wife or broke into your house. In these cases people are so scared that they do anything to protect themselves and they are treated the same as someone who goes out one night, with the intent to kill someone.
Originally posted by Odium
Imagine being sent to prison, for 25 years for murdering someone who was say raping your wife or broke into your house. In these cases people are so scared that they do anything to protect themselves and they are treated the same as someone who goes out one night, with the intent to kill someone.
Possible defences
* Self-defence (Archbold, 19-41);
* Diminished responsibility Archbold, 19-66);
* Provocation (Archbold, 19-50);
* Participation in a suicide pact (Archbold, 19-83).
If there is evidence to support self-defence, the burden falls on the prosecution to rebut it beyond reasonable doubt (Archbold, 19-43).
Originally posted by AceOfBase
Wouldn't that qualify as justifiable homicide and not murder?