When Self Defense Doesn’t Count

thecurvature.com - 10/27/2008

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A 16-year-old girl has been sentenced to 2 to 2 1/2 years in a juvenile detention center for the manslaughter of a 49-year-old man. This sounds like nothing special until you start to look at the details: Seated between her attorneys in juvenile court, the diminutive 16-year-old shook her head ...

powerlineblog.com - 11/2/2008

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— powerlineblog.com — This new ad by the RNC takes aim at Barack Obama's ever-changing definition of "the rich." It's... pretty good, although it doesn't point to the most reliable indicator: Obama's vote to raise taxes on income-earners down to $42,000. (more) Change You Can Count On

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Self-Defense, or Not?
The Volokh Conspiracy — ... covers a troubling case: A 16-year-old girl pled guilty to "manslaughter, for killing a 49-year-old man who'd hired her for sex," under circumstances that seem like they might well amount to self-defense : In what [the] ex-wife [of victim Francisco Pena] described as "just one mistake" in an otherwise good life, the recently divorced father of two picked the girl up at a supermarket in Burien and, after buying a bottle of vodka and Crown Royal, brought her back to his home for "a date." Though exactly what happened the evening of April 5 remains a mystery, court documents and ...