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<20> Filename: LTHLFRCE.TXT<58>
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<20> Title: Lethal Force Law<61>
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<20> By: Captain Hack <20>
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<20> Released: 09/17/95 <20>
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<20> Danger: <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <20>
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<20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>;
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All info about laws in this file taken without permission from a
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November 1994 issue of _Guns & Ammo_. Go ahead. Sue me.
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The following cases justifying lethal force in PA, NJ, and DE are
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only generalizations. Each law is riddled with qualifying language, and it
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is too long and complex to explain in this text file. These are basic rules,
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but you can always check into specifics for your state. I'm only listing
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PA, NJ, and DE, because this is my tri-state area, and I'd be amazed if any
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of these text files ever got outside that area.
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First, I'll take a moment to define the basic characteristics of ANY
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justifiable homicide. They are:
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1) Death or serious bodily injury is threatened, or the defender
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reasonably believes it is.
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2) The threat is imminent, here and now. The threat or fear of some
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future deadly intent alone will not justify deadly force
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3) The threat is UNLAWFUL
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4) Deadly force is reasonably believed to be required to end the
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threat
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Now note the abundant use of the word "reasonably". That does not mean just
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reasonable to YOU, but it essentially means "Can you make the jury think that
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your use of deadly force was REASONABLE".
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Deadly force is justified... PA NJ DE
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o in defense of self X X X
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o in defense of ANY other person X X X
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Deadly force is justified to
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prevent...
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o robbery, rape or kidnapping X X X
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o a forceable felony X
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A defender can stand his ground...
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o to prevent arson of habitation X X X
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o to prevent property theft X
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o to prevent felony prop. theft X
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Note that in most states, you are required to retreat from a lethal situation
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if that is a safe alternative to using deadly force. The one "exception" to
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this is in the case of invasion of the home: Lethal force is justified when
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any unlawful intruder into your home poses a believable threat. This is to
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say that for the most part, any burgler, who displays ANY form of "weapon",
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down to things like the crow bar he jimmied your door with, can be shot.
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Also note that in most situations, non-lethal force is much easier
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to beat the rap on than deadly force. Example: A junkie punk breaks into
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your house. While you have legal justification to kill him, if you just shoot
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him in the knees, so he can never walk again without a cain, you've still
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put him in extreme pain for the rest of his life, and you're much more likly
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to beat the rap.
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BEWARE: If you utilize lethal force on ANYONE, you will most likly
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be charged with murder in the second degree, and you will have to plead
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"Not guilty by reason of..." and whatever justification you intend to use.
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Thus, if you cannot justify to a jury that your lethal force was warrented
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and required, you could be convicted of MURDER 2.
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--hack
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