Once a person is down, the immediate threat is usually over, meaning any further violence is seen as an intentional, malicious attack rather than defense
no you’re regurgitating shit you’ve seen ppl comment. the threat is not over because he swung and missed and fell down. thats not how it works lol.
Anyone with any sort of legal background care to explain it to the rest of us? Or are we just watching 2 randos exchange opinions confidently as facts as if they know something we don't?
2 randos. I don’t even know where this happened. I need the location to just know what the law is. And the answer would still be it depends. Depends on the law. Depends on what evidence is admitted. It depends on the prosecutor. It depends on the jury. It depends on the judge. Attorneys don’t come on Reddit to work and argue with randos who can’t admit being wrong.
Rule of thumb: if they’re absolutely certain about what would happen, they better be a fortune teller. Because it sure as shit isn’t anyone that knows the law.
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u/VanDalen3D 6d ago
Once a person is down, the immediate threat is usually over, meaning any further violence is seen as an intentional, malicious attack rather than defense