This did happen in New Jersey after all. Self-defense claim leads to release of Neptune man in Oceanport love-triangle killing
The Process is the Punishment. He has been in jail since December. (Probably lost his job, house/apartment, etc.)
Although no one contested a Neptune man fatally shot his lover’s former boyfriend in the chest at point-bank range, a judge on Wednesday ordered the alleged gunman released from jail to await trial in the man’s murder.
He being beaten by the ex-boyfriend, and so he shot. That wasn't good enough for the DA's office.
Joseph Cummings, assistant Monmouth County prosecutor, argued to keep Westbrook detained to await trial. Cummings said Westbrook’s injuries were minimal, and he questioned whether what happened to the defendant amounted to a pummeling.
So you have to wait until you are at death's door to fight back? They really do hate self-defense.
“There’s not a requirement you have to wait until you get your head bashed in,’’ the judge said. “The defendant is not completely off the mark by raising an issue of self-defense.’’
Whether they hate it or not, it is a human-right.
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