alucard0822
For great Justice
Self defense is a legal defense that can be used with homicide or attempted homicide. You cannot "legally" shoot anyone, you can justify criminal actions within self defense law, and as a result may or may not be charged, tried or convicted.
That being said, if a person commits a felony by breaking and entering, then you can easily articulate a fear for your life, claim self defense, and have a very good chance that you won't be charged, and very little chance of ending up losing in court and ending up in prison unless you make some massive mistakes.
Some of those massive mistakes would be: Admitting you were not in fear for your life, that you knew for a fact the person was unarmed, and did not have an open or concealed weapon. Admitting the intruder was not in a position to harm you, did not have access to anything that could be used to harm you, and through psychic ability you knew the sole intention was to take your property and leave peacefully. That you did not seek to use lawful force to stop the theft of your possessions, and the intruder escalated to the threshold of deadly force.
There is a reason criminals beat charges for violent crimes every day, they know to keep their mouth shut, they know the law in large part involves things like intent, justification, and legal arguments that can cause some jurors to doubt that they meet the defined legal standard for a charge. There is also a reason innocent people end up in prison, usually massive mistakes, accepting blame for something they did not cause, confusion, "friendly" police that assured them they were within their rights, and just needed to tell them "what happened". People beliving stupid s#!t like "drag the body inside" if someone you shot runs out of the home and dies on the lawn. Believing it is OK to tamper with evidence, or believing the interview room doesn't have cameras all the time, while a frightened person cries "it's all my fault" in a moment of self doubt. etc.
The correct answer is know your rights, know the law, protect yourself and your family, listen to your lawyer, let them do the talking, don't make ANY statement without a lawyer and time to prepare it.
That being said, if a person commits a felony by breaking and entering, then you can easily articulate a fear for your life, claim self defense, and have a very good chance that you won't be charged, and very little chance of ending up losing in court and ending up in prison unless you make some massive mistakes.
Some of those massive mistakes would be: Admitting you were not in fear for your life, that you knew for a fact the person was unarmed, and did not have an open or concealed weapon. Admitting the intruder was not in a position to harm you, did not have access to anything that could be used to harm you, and through psychic ability you knew the sole intention was to take your property and leave peacefully. That you did not seek to use lawful force to stop the theft of your possessions, and the intruder escalated to the threshold of deadly force.
There is a reason criminals beat charges for violent crimes every day, they know to keep their mouth shut, they know the law in large part involves things like intent, justification, and legal arguments that can cause some jurors to doubt that they meet the defined legal standard for a charge. There is also a reason innocent people end up in prison, usually massive mistakes, accepting blame for something they did not cause, confusion, "friendly" police that assured them they were within their rights, and just needed to tell them "what happened". People beliving stupid s#!t like "drag the body inside" if someone you shot runs out of the home and dies on the lawn. Believing it is OK to tamper with evidence, or believing the interview room doesn't have cameras all the time, while a frightened person cries "it's all my fault" in a moment of self doubt. etc.
The correct answer is know your rights, know the law, protect yourself and your family, listen to your lawyer, let them do the talking, don't make ANY statement without a lawyer and time to prepare it.
