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From: rcj@burl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The wheels of Justice turn slow, but - (nf)
Message-ID: <310@burl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Aug-83 21:37:57 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 29 21:37:57 1983
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There was a case not too long ago in the U.S. of a man who was shot
5 times in the face with a .22 caliber pistol, and still managed to
chase down and throttled his assailant to death.  He was taken to
the hospital and lived, only to be charged with murder because
[paraphrasing] "defendant had his attacker clearly under control and
could have kept him imobilized until police arrived".  If I am not
mistaken, the case was thrown out or at least the guy was found
innocent; but just the thought of a charge like that getting to
court scares the #@@%$ out of me!

*shudder*
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