Sheriff of Handicappingham charged
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Good. Should have been done from the start.
Agreed...Once McGlockton backed off, there was no reason to shoot him.
Manslaughter huh? He will probably get off in my opinion.
Politics aside, this guy was looking for a chance to shoot his gun.
Politics aside, this guy was looking for a chance to shoot his gun.
All that has come out regarding him supports the assertion, but I'm not sure he walks.
Interested to see what is allowed before the jury, presuming it goes to that.
I wonder if Bud Fox will be there as the defense team's expert witness.
I was happy to see this yesterday. Stand Your Ground is a law that is ripe for abuse and needs to go.
That you can instigate a fight and then shoot when someone retaliates is ridiculous.
That you can instigate a fight and then shoot when someone retaliates is ridiculous.
You can't. The law is fine, it's the misapplication of it that needs to go. And the media isn't helping.
Neither this case or the Zimmerman one are stand your ground cases.
Actually, if you read the thread, I said I believed that if they were to charge him, manslaughter is the right play. The big mistake overzealous prosecutors make is overcharging. They made that mistake with Zimmerman. This case will come down to whether or not this guy is believable in front of a jury, and the jury makeup. The interesting part will be how much of the victim’s and the shooter’s past will be allowed into the court record.
Definitely gonna be tough to find a jury that hasn’t made up their mind already though with all of the media coverage.
Stand your ground seems to be like the catch rule in the NFL. No one seems to know exactly what it is or how to consistently apply it. If there wasn’t surveillance video of this there’s no way he would have been charged.
The defense team will argue that McGlockton clearly made a football move.
Exactly, and that's the problem with the law. It's been intentionally written so vaguely as to allow almost anyone in any shooting to use it as a defense. I'm not necessarily against the idea that if someone is threatening you that you're not allowed to defend yourself. But it clearly should not exist for situations like this. It needs some far greater restrictions placed on it.
This.
And certain powers that be want it that way and will shout from the mountaintops at anyone who wants the law to be worded and applied more logically - in fact they'd likely be outraged by my use of the word "logic", considering it an appalling suggestion.
ground certainly didn't cause a fumble.
I've been reading about similar instances in Florida that have been tried and was quite surprised to see the results. Dropping to manslaughter certainly helps the state get a conviction but if/when he invokes stand your ground the burden will be on the state to prove that it wasn't an act of self defense and that might be quite difficult given prior decisions.
Like others I'd say the guy is a piece of work and appeared to be actively looking for trouble but I won't be surprised if a skilled attorney has the ability to get him off.
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