RE: "To Serve and Protect"

2007-03-26 Thread Joseph E. Olson
You are correct. Defense of family leads to murder conviction. See: http://reason.com/news/show/36869.html and http://www.theagitator.com/archives/cat_cory_maye.php or Paramilitary raids as a threat to liberty http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6476 and http://www.theagitator.co

Re: "To Serve and Protect"

2007-03-26 Thread C. D. Tavares
On Mar 26, 2007, at 10:14 AM, Guy Smith wrote: Related question: What are known instances of civilians using firearms to defend themselves against off-duty cop violence and how are these cases typically adjudicated (if there is any "typical" possible)? I have to imaging the burden of proo

RE: "To Serve and Protect"

2007-03-26 Thread Volokh, Eugene
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RE: "To Serve and Protect"

2007-03-26 Thread Guy Smith
Related question: What are known instances of civilians using firearms to defend themselves against off-duty cop violence and how are these cases typically adjudicated (if there is any "typical" possible)? I have to imaging the burden of proof shifts dramatically when the person receiving a bulle

Re: "To Serve and Protect"

2007-03-25 Thread Joseph E. Olson
No. At my University sex with a student is a capital offense. I know of three instances over my career (all very well hidden BTW) in which the person was fired and off campus for good within three hours of discovery. In another instance, the accused chose a faculty board and prolonged the ago