The point wasn’t that you’d be convicted, it was that you could be charged. George Zimmarman is a great example. No question his use was self defense, but he was charged in order to appease a political constituency. “You can beat the rap, but you can’t beat the ride.”
“The point wasn’t that you’d be convicted, it was that you could be charged.”
Nor is this a case that should be brought up as a challenge on ‘stand your ground’.
The defendant grabbed his gun and went down the street with the purpose of ‘confronting’ the victim.
But this schlub got convicted.