"Mike T." > wrote in message
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>>> That's a disappointing outcome. I remember this case now. Timeline
>>> seemed
>>> to go something like:
>>> 1) Whole family cornered road-rager Ellington in a ditch
>>> 2) Attempting to escape, Ellington pushes another vehicle with his
>>> vehicle
>>> 3) Daddy gets ****ed to see his daughters' car get banged up a bit, and
>>> so
>>> he shoots at Ellington
>>> 4) Ellington, now fearful of being shot and killed, drives away
>>> quickly,
>>> running over and killing an idiot who was attempting to stop Ellington's
>>> car
>>> with her body
>>>
>>> Ellington is a bad, bad man, who probably belongs in prison. It's
>>> unfortunate that he got convicted in this case in spite of a valid
>>> defense
>>> though. At the point where Ellington ran over the momma, Ellington was
>>> acting just like anybody afraid of dying would have acted. The only
>>> thing
>>> that separates everyone here from Ellington is that MOST of us wouldn't
>>> have
>>> been stupid enough to get ourselves into a situation where it would have
>>> been necessary to kill someone else to survive. -Dave
>>
>> Oh yeah, he's a bad baaad man alright. Has several convictions and
>> several times in jail including a couple serious assaults. His "valid
>> defense" was so good it got laughed right out of court. Took the jury
>> all of 4 hours to reach a decision after 7 days of trial.
>>
>> I just re-read portions of the orginal. I see your definition of self
>> defense is still way over the horizon from what will be found in the
>> law.
>>
>> Harry K
>
> Harry - If you feel you are in immediate danger of losing your life or
> suffering grave bodily injury, you have the right to use any means
> available to defend yourself.

Not that this literally applies to this case, but is your statement really
true?

Again, this might not exactly fit the details of this case, but if Person A
is threatening your life with a gun and the only way out is by running over
Person B with your car and killing them, are you legally allowed to do so?
What is Person B isn't threatening your life -- they're the wife or the
bystander or whatever?

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