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  2. Imperfect self-defense - Wikipedia

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    State v. Faulkner, 483 A.2d 759, 769 (Md. 1984). [3] Michigan recognizes imperfect self-defense as a qualified defense that may mitigate second-degree murder to voluntary manslaughter. [4] However, the doctrine can only be used where the defendant would have had a right to self-defense but for the fact that the defendant was the initial ...

  3. Self-defense (United States) - Wikipedia

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    In some jurisdictions, there is an imperfect self-defense rule, where an individual who mistakenly believes that he was justified in using deadly force in self-defense, but is not legally justified, may have a murder conviction reduced to a manslaughter conviction instead. [10]

  4. Provocation (law) - Wikipedia

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    Furor brevis or "heat of passion", is the term used in criminal law to describe the emotional state of mind following a provocation, in which acts are considered to be at least partially caused by loss of self-control, so the acts are not entirely governed by reason or expressed "[It's the heat of passion] which renders a man deaf to the voice ...

  5. McDonald v. City of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010), was a landmark [1] decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that found that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms", as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment and is thereby enforceable against the states.

  6. List of U.S. state constitutional provisions allowing self ...

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    Illinois: Const. art 1 § 12 "Every person shall find a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries and wrongs which he receives to his person, privacy, property or reputation. He shall obtain justice by law, freely, completely, and promptly." [1] Illinois: ILLINOIS CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT Canon III a 7 [19] Indiana: Const. art 1 § 12

  7. Illinois judge refuses to dismiss case against father of ...

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    Illinois prosecutors charged Robert Crimo Jr. under a unconstitutionally vague law, his lawyer argued at a hearing earlier this month in Waukegan, north of Highland Park where the shooting took place.

  8. Castle doctrine - Wikipedia

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    A castle doctrine, also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law, is a legal doctrine that designates a person's abode or any legally occupied place (for example, an automobile or a home) as a place in which that person has protections and immunities permitting one, in certain circumstances, to use force (up to and including deadly force) to defend oneself against an intruder, free ...

  9. Right of self-defense - Wikipedia

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    The right of self-defense (also called, when it applies to the defense of another, alter ego defense, defense of others, defense of a third person) is the right for people to use reasonable or defensive force, for the purpose of defending one's own life (self-defense) or the lives of others, including, in certain circumstances, the use of ...

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