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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
No one is arguing about the self defense though up until the point where the shot was fired. You called it a dog and pony show because of self defense, but that's all peripheral which set the stage, so to speak, but no one argued that what he did up until the incidental firing of the gun was unreasonable in the court. Which means it wasn't a self defense case and certainly did not underscore the need to have self defense law reform.
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That is not correct.
The crown argued that Stanley's actions were "exceedingly reckless", which is why they focused on the higher charge of 2nd degree murder.