Self-defense is always an affirmative defense to a criminal charge. The jury has every right not to accept it. Abbott is attacking the whole jury system, the constitutional basis of our whole criminal justice system. But what else is new with GOP politicians nowadays. They're just getting us ready for the introduction of Star Chambers.
Self-defense is always an affirmative defense to a criminal charge. The jury has every right not to accept it. Abbott is attacking the whole jury system, the constitutional basis of our whole criminal justice system. But what else is new with GOP politicians nowadays. They're just getting us ready for the introduction of Star Chambers.
Self-defense is always an affirmative defense to a criminal charge. The jury has every right not to accept it. Abbott is attacking the whole jury system, the constitutional basis of our whole criminal justice system. But what else is new with GOP politicians nowadays. They're just getting us ready for the introduction of Star Chambers.
Or, the American inquisition, for that matter.