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Originally Posted by Barbecue
so with all that said... is retaliating with 11 stabbings to the back and neck not murder?
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It's manslaughter... had he retaliated with significantly less he might have just been found not guilty rather then the conviction on the lesser charge. The initial stab, regardless of the intentions, is a highly important consideration.
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Originally Posted by Makarov
The thread title seems rather misleading. It seems to me that the jury clearly rejected the accused's self defense argument because they convicted him.
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Kind of, based on the lesser charge I more get the impression that they accepted that it was a case of self-defense but ultimately determined that the amount of force used was unreasonable. You're allowed to use force to defend yourself but only to a reasonable degree.