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Law of Self Defense: Black Murder Defendant Saved by “Stand-Your-Ground”

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 22, 2019 16 Comments

Trial illustrates difference between "hard" and "soft" Stand-Your-Ground states

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Law of Self Defense: Did Police Shoot Suspect for “Crime” of Sleeping in Car?

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 17, 2019 64 Comments

Watch a false narrative of racist police murder being created in real time

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Law of Self Defense: ISIS Brings Knife to Gunfight, Gets Shot

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 15, 2019 49 Comments

Arizona Sheriff’s Deputy handles jihadist knife attack calmly and efficiently

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Law of Self Defense: EJ Bradford Shooting “Awful but Lawful”

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 09, 2019 14 Comments

The law requires reasonable, not perfect, use-of-force decisions

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Law of Self Defense — Regaining Innocence: A Real-World Example

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 01, 2019 12 Comments

Even the initial aggressor in a fight may be able to claim self-defense!

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Law of Self Defense: Setting an Ambush

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 24, 2019 58 Comments

Are the stakes worth the risks--death in the fight, life in prison, impoverishment?

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Law of Self Defense: Man Knocks Out Woman in Self-Defense?

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 19, 2019 119 Comments

A use-of-force legal analysis of a white man knocking out a young black woman attacking him

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Law of Self Defense: Detective in “Handicap Parking Spot Shooting” Case Arrested

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 13, 2019 21 Comments

Dangers of being judged by strangers who may themselves be deeply flawed

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Law of Self Defense: When the 5th Amendment collides with the right of Self-Defense

Posted by Andrew Branca on December 19, 2018 23 Comments

When Your 5th Amendment Rights Collide with Your Burden of Production

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Was Cyntoia Brown sentenced to life in prison for self-defense? Nope.

Posted by Andrew Branca on December 11, 2018 48 Comments

Learn what the mainstream media isn't telling you about the Cyntoia Brown case

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Law of Self Defense: FedEx Driver Not Charged in Fatal Punch of Man Who Hurled Racial Slurs at Him

Posted by Andrew Branca on December 05, 2018 41 Comments

A Case Study in Maintaining Proportionality in Use-of-Force

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Law of Self Defense: How to Turn An “Accidental” Shooting into Negligent Homicide

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 29, 2018 34 Comments

Tampering with evidence is conduct inconsistent with self-defense or accident

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Law of Self Defense: Road Rage Stabbing Acquittal Touches Many Facets of Self-Defense Law

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 22, 2018 18 Comments

Bench trials, fight coming to defender, drunk attacker, prudent weapon choice, all play key roles in defendant’s acquittal

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Law of Self Defense: Ohio House Votes to Join Modern Era of Self-Defense Law

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 17, 2018 35 Comments

Ohio may place burden of proof on prosecution and adopt "hard" stand-your-ground

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Law of Self Defense: How Martial Arts Can Get You 25 Years

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 16, 2018 26 Comments

Just because you're not using a "deadly weapon" doesn't mean you're not using deadly force

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Law of Self Defense: Using Your Gun to Defend Your Car — Just Don’t

Posted by Andrew Branca on October 30, 2018 76 Comments

Shooter who fires at his own car as it's being stolen is locked in same jail as the thief

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Law of Self Defense: Media Mangles “Stand-Your-Ground” Law Yet Again

Posted by Andrew Branca on October 26, 2018 13 Comments

The Media on the Subject of "Stand-Your-Ground": Never Uncertain, but Always Mistaken

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