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Originally Posted by Vulcan
A couple of scratches and a broken nose doesn't equate to being beaten to death. In Canada I believe a self defence can only be allowed if you defend yourself in the same manner that you are attacked or words to that effect.
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The way that the wounds were inflicted does equal potential to being beaten to death though.
The fact that Martin was on top of Zimmerman not only wailing away on him but slamming his head repeatedly into the concrete probably represented a direct threat to his life according to the expert witnesses called and more importantly to the jury.
And Canada doesn't have the same kind of laws so I don't know how you can equate.