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require police and prosecutors, to basically assume self-defense in all cases. one prosecutor who is against legislation is calling it that make murder legal bill, he is with us right now this morning. russ oliver is a prosecutor in county missouri, and has spoken on behalf of the states association of prosecuting attorneys. thanks for being with us. the nickname you have given the, bill is picking up steam. why do you call it the make murder legal bill? and does not change the standard for self-defense. but what it does is, it puts cases in such a procedural posture, that it is going to be impossible to prosecute many people, for violent offenses. the reason why i say that is, right now, under our self-defense law, the defendant has a burden of injecting issue. basically, he has to get up on the stand, and say, what happened, why he thought it was self-defense, why he thought his actions were reasonable. when he does that, he is subject to cross-examination,

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