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A fisherman was killed after a yelling match between a group of people and a fisherman on the other side of the StCroix river. The accused is from Minnesota.The defense lawyer will claim Wisconsin's castle doctrine to justify the shooting. I am flabbergasted! The lawyer is going to claim that the fisherman from the other side of the river posed a threat to his client! Besides even if the fisherman was on the same side, how can the castle doctrine be applied when the accuser was being inflammatory? The lawyer probably means Stand your ground law in public.
Castle doctrine: allows a person certain permissions to protect their home (or “castle”) using force, including deadly force.
Stand your ground:is a law that authorizes a person to protect and defend one's own life and limb against threat or perceived threat. This law states that an individual has no duty to retreat from any place he/she has a lawful right to be and may use any level of force, including lethal, if he/she reasonably believes he/she faces an imminent and immediate threat of serious bodily harm or death; this is as opposed to duty to retreat laws.
There is a difference between the two though both apply on your 'private property'.
We shall see....
http://www.piercecountyherald.com/n...-fisherman-will-claim-self-defense-when-trial
Castle doctrine: allows a person certain permissions to protect their home (or “castle”) using force, including deadly force.
Stand your ground:is a law that authorizes a person to protect and defend one's own life and limb against threat or perceived threat. This law states that an individual has no duty to retreat from any place he/she has a lawful right to be and may use any level of force, including lethal, if he/she reasonably believes he/she faces an imminent and immediate threat of serious bodily harm or death; this is as opposed to duty to retreat laws.
There is a difference between the two though both apply on your 'private property'.
We shall see....
http://www.piercecountyherald.com/n...-fisherman-will-claim-self-defense-when-trial