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Originally Posted by Incognitas
So does this mean that anyone can kick a homosexual to death and just claim that he was being accosted?I can't believe that anyone would get away with uncorroborated testimony like that.So what if someone makes the attempt? It's not a defence that I think anyone else would get away with.The judge must have been mad. 
So the next time a man accosts a woman she can kill him and claim he accosted her?I think not.
Unless he was actually claiming he was frightened that he was going to be killed I can't see how it is any kind of defence. |
Incog, it's a defence that people
have used to get off a murder rap! That's the scary thing, some juries have agreed that it was a reasonable action to take!
Ok, so a lot of the cases involve the defendant having been abused as a child and those memories being triggered by the advance, or so has been claimed, and they've reacted as if they were attacking the abuser.
If the jury turns round and uses a bit of common sense and says "ok so he made a pass at you, so why did you have to kill him?" (something I'd be asking if I were on such a jury) then chances are the defendant would be found guilty of murder.