MetroStyles
Stylish Dinosaur
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Ok, hypothetical situation.
You are hanging out with a buddy, at your house. You two are the only ones there. He goes bonkers and tries to murder you with a kitchen knife. You evade him, and manage to wrestle the knife away. He doesn't let up and in self-defense you stab him and he dies. There isn't a scratch on you though.
In a court of law, how is this case treated? Neither party has a motive. There is little evidence in either direction (assume he was wearing gloves too and his fingerprints are not on the knife). I always wondered how this kind of stuff with no witnesses or evidence got treated in court.
You are hanging out with a buddy, at your house. You two are the only ones there. He goes bonkers and tries to murder you with a kitchen knife. You evade him, and manage to wrestle the knife away. He doesn't let up and in self-defense you stab him and he dies. There isn't a scratch on you though.
In a court of law, how is this case treated? Neither party has a motive. There is little evidence in either direction (assume he was wearing gloves too and his fingerprints are not on the knife). I always wondered how this kind of stuff with no witnesses or evidence got treated in court.