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Arbery Case Trial: Judge Walmsley Drops the Ball On Ambiguous Citizen’s Arrest Law

Today the jury heard the last of argument and received their jury instructions in the Arbery case trial, in which defendants Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael, and Roddy Bryan are each facing a count of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, and then the four predicate felony counts (two for aggravated assault and two for […]

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Arbery Case: State Closing Rebuttal Presents as Frantic, Pleading & Desperate

Today the jury heard the last of argument and received their jury instructions in the Arbery case trial, in which defendants Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael, and Roddy Bryan are each facing a count of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, and then the four predicate felony counts (two for aggravated assault and two for

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Arbery Case Trial: Based On Closing Arguments, Not Guilty Verdicts Are A Real Possibility

Today was the first of two days of closing arguments in the Ahmaud Arbery case trial, in which defendants Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael, and Roddy Bryan are each facing a count of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, and then the four predicate felony counts (two for aggravated assault and two for false imprisonment).

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Rittenhouse: Can Kyle Avoid Being Sued Under WI Self-Defense Immunity Law?

Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all the criminal charges against him, the only possible verdict consistent with justice in a case with this evidence and law.  Having been acquitted in criminal court, he is now free of any possible criminal liability for his actions in lawfully defending himself on August 25, 2020. Now, however,

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Rittenhouse “Analysis”: A Contemptible Example of Intellectual Theft and Broken Self-Defense Legal Analysis from Harvard Law School

Well, Harvard Law School has certainly fallen quite some ways. A recent article purportedly authored by one Ronald Sullivan, Professor at Harvard Law School (see featured image) sets forth to provide a legal analysis claiming that both the Kyle Rittenhouse and George Zimmerman cases ought to be deemed outside the boundaries of lawful self-defense.  If

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KYLE’S LAW: Stopping Politically Motivated Prosecutions of Self-Defense

Hey folks, I’m Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense, and I’d like to take just a moment to talk with you about Kyle’s Law, our proposed law for stopping politically motivated prosecutions of self-defense. Too often, rogue prosecutors bring felony criminal charges against people who were clearly doing nothing more than defending themselves,

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