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The Republican-controlled legislature is advancing House Bill 5 (HB5), also known as the "Safer Kentucky Act," and it includes a ton of tough-on-crime provisions that other states that value the safety of their residents out to consider modeling.
(Kentucky's governor is a Democrat, but the Republican legislator is a super-majority with veto-override capability.)
Included in the 72-page bill are provisions that:
prohibit or tightly constrain probation and parole for a variety of violent crimes,
makes death-by-fentanyl-sale a capital crime,
substantially elevate the severity and sentences for a variety of violent crimes including carjacking,
prohibits unlawful homeless encampments,
explicitly approves the use of force by property owners or renters to remove squatters or trespassers,
empowers the state Attorney General to sue any that decline to enforce that law (e.g., sanctuary cities),
requires homeless shelters to prohibit resident individuals from the use of drugs or alcohol and require that they consent to mental health conditions and refrain from criminal activity,
allows for the institutionalizing of individuals without requiring proof of criminal conduct,
tightly restricts the ability of "charitable bail organizations" to bail out violent criminals,
strengthens the ability of retail establishments to use force to detain shoplifters and organized theft rings,
provides criminal and civil immunity to shop keepers who lawfully use force to stop shoplifters,
defines reckless endangerment with a firearm as a "violent offender" crime for which probation or parole is tightly constrained,
expands the definition of terroristic threatening to include any building and any gathering of 3 or more persons,
mandates that school employees report to police certain violent acts or firearms possession by students,
expands the definition of "serious physical injury" for certain domestic violence offenses (including "dating" relationships),
greatly increases the penalties for flight from the police,
... and much, much more!
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You're riding your motorcycle down a backwoods road, when you're waved down by a pedestrian. You stop, and he compliments you on your bike.
In fact, he likes your bike so much, he produces a knife and demands you turn it over to him.
What are you LEGALLY allowed to do to defend both yourself and the bike?
Join me to discuss your FOUR MAIN LEGALLY-SOUND DEFENSIVE OPTIONS!
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A brief decision handed down last Friday by the New Hampshire Supreme Court touches upon a number of interesting use-of-force legal doctrines, including the legal duty to retreat (or not), "soft" stand-your-ground, defensive display of a firearm, and more.
Sadly, the court's reasoning in this decision is much muddier than it would have been had they first read my book (see below)!
Join me tomorrow as we read and evaluate New Hampshire v. Shea, translating all the legalese into plain English--to the extent the somewhat ambiguous decision allows for this!
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As two men happen to be walking towards each other, one pretends to launch a punch, but holds back the blow--it's just a "sucker-punch prank."
The other fellow responds by beating the prankster to the ground, leaving him unconscious.
We have the video, and we'll share it with you in today's show!
Was the counter-attack legally justified? Did the prank victim use excessive force?
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Alec Baldwin has been re-indicted for the October 2021 manslaughter of cinematographer, wife, and mother, Halyna Hutchins.
Join me on today's show to recap of my prior legal analysis of this unlawful killing.
As always, you can find our aggregated, public-access legal analysis of this Baldwin case here: lawofselfdefense.com/baldwin
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In this episode of the Law of Self Defense Q&A Show we'll address a variety of self-defense law questions, including:
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In an apparent road-rage event, a man approaches a green SUV with a pistol in hand, and uses the muzzle to tap on the driver's side window, then lowers his handgun to his side.
The response from inside the SUV is a fusillade of fire, with fatal results.
Lawful self-defense or excessive force by the driver?
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A young black woman gets to throwing hands at two men--one white, one black--in what appears to be an airport coffee shop. At one point she attempts to strike the men with a large metal chair, and ultimately she hurls herself over the counter before finally stomping away.
The men defend themselves against these attacks, at one point vigorously throwing the woman to the floor.
Was the woman's attack merely non-deadly force, or did it escalate to deadly force--and, if so, did it do so lawfully?
Was the men's defense merely non-deadly force, or did it escalate to deadly force--and, if so, did it do so lawfully?
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It was late October 2021 in upstate New York when Jason Jones was arrested after engaging in disorderly conduct outside a police station, after just leaving a bar.
While in the station, a shirtless and barefooted Jones grabbed a gallon jug of hand sanitizer and liberally coated himself in it--presumably in preparation for going hands-on with the three officers present and making himself slippery to control.
One of the officers presented his Taser, and applied it to Jones. The sanitizer coating his body instantly ignited, causing Jones to ultimately die of his burns a month later. In response to the flaming Jones, all three officers fled the room.
Almost two years later, the Attorney General of New York decided against bringing any criminal charges against the three officers.
In today's show we'll discuss the legal doctrine of mens rea (mental state) and how various forms of intent can create or remove criminal liability.
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How many bullets are TOO many bullets?
That's the legal question we ask in today's show, using a couple of high-volume fire police shooting videos as context, and exploring the self-defense law element of IMMINENCE, with a particular focus on the AOJ Triad. .
Join me LIVE at Noon ET, Thursday, January 11, to discuss.
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"The Law of Self Defense: Principles" is our best-selling, plain-English explanation of your legal privilege to use even deadly force in defense of yourself, your family, and others--AND MAKE YOURSELF HARD TO CONVICT!
DON'T WAIT until you're actually ATTACKED--by then it will be TOO LATE!
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