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To: Fred Mertz
All I know is that if a civilian shoots another civilian eleven times after having handcuffed him. Your gonna have a tough time claiming self-defense. Boxcutter or no your gonna get prison time.
17 posted on 02/25/2003 11:36:28 AM PST by Smogger
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To: Smogger
All I know is that if a civilian shoots another civilian eleven times after having handcuffed him. Your gonna have a tough time claiming self-defense. Boxcutter or no your gonna get prison time.

Argument from hypothetical situations is pretty easy. Has this ever happened before? It seems to me that guy with a knife, even if he's handcuffed could be pretty dangerous. If I were on a jury I could see acquiting this hypothetical person.

24 posted on 02/25/2003 4:05:34 PM PST by MattAMiller
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