Just because something is considered to be a crime doesn't it can't be justified under extreme circumstances.
You just take your chances when you commit such an act. The criminal justice system gets a crack at you and you have to explain yourself. You have to sit and allow yourself to be judged as to whether what you did was justified or not.
Want a real Hollywood scenario?
I'm sure the passengers of the 9/11 flight that crashed in Western PA were violating many laws when they attacked the hijackers. They would have been acquitted of course because they were acting "in the defense of themselves or others".
If the hypothetical Hollywood scenario ever occurs, and I'm sitting on the grand jury, I'll refuse to indict. So would anyone else with a soul. Arguing that it shouldn't be made a crime for that reason insults garden variety straw-man arguments.
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Just because something is considered to be a crime doesn't it can't be justified under extreme circumstances.
You just take your chances when you commit such an act. The criminal justice system gets a crack at you and you have to explain yourself. You have to sit and allow yourself to be judged as to whether what you did was justified or not.
Want a real Hollywood scenario?
I'm sure the passengers of the 9/11 flight that crashed in Western PA were violating many laws when they attacked the hijackers. They would have been acquitted of course because they were acting "in the defense of themselves or others".
If the hypothetical Hollywood scenario ever occurs, and I'm sitting on the grand jury, I'll refuse to indict. So would anyone else with a soul. Arguing that it shouldn't be made a crime for that reason insults garden variety straw-man arguments.