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person would do. this law requires them to think, was it reasonable for the defendant, an overwhelmed 17-year-old. and that s how he obviously came off on the stand. this law is a shooter s dream. the jury can t ask what a reasonable person would do or what they would do? you have to be in his shoes? even if they think he s a chump? if it was reasonable for him to think they were about to really hurt him or try to kill him, the law justifies it. and that kid on that stand painted the right picture for that jury. the law also says that the prosecutor has to disprove the defendant s need for self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt. that s a higher burden it s the highest we have and much higher than other state statutes. this law saved rittenhouse as much or more as his weapon did.

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