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Originally Posted by blankall
As far as the difference between self-defence in Canada and Florida, they are a lot more similar than you are making them out to be. Both involve a reasonable belief that your life is at risk or you are at risk of great bodily harm. Both are common law jurisdictions, so what is "Reasonable", what conts as "great" enough bodily harm, etc... will largely be dependent on previous legal precedents in each jurisdiction.
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Agreed. I was just spitting out what the differences, as I could find in research, were. I wasn't trying to define exactly how "reasonable" was qualified, just that there's an additional qualifier that exists in Canadian law.
I'd agree too that it's probably harder to prosecute under Canadian law.
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Originally Posted by blankall
The idea that the Canadian court systems would have been harsher on Zimmerman is baseless.
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I don't think I claimed this...did I?