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Cory Maye Awarded New Sentencing Hearing | 35 comments (35 topical)
Re: Cory Maye Awarded New Sentencing Hearing (none / 0) (#15)
by sarcastic unnamed one on Thu Oct 05, 2006 at 10:18:25 AM EST
I get what you are all saying. My point is that I think there is reason to question the claims of both parties here - considering what's at stake - and that we should not present one side as a "claim" and the other as fact. From a previous TL entry:
Maye testified that it was dark in his apartment when he heard someone breaking into the back door, which was located in the bedroom. "That's when I fired the shots," Maye said. "After I fired the shots, I heard them yell 'police! police!' Once I heard them, I put the weapon down and slid it away. I did not know they were police officers."
If this is true, it sounds like he shot through the bedroom door at someone who was not in his home. I haven't been able to find any other info as to if the cop was actually inside the home or not. I don't know, this sounds like a grey area. Can you defend your home with deadly force if someone is inside it? Of course, and you should be able to. Can you shoot someone who's outside your home on the other side of a locked door? I'd probably say yes...assuming there is a reasonable belief that that person had malevolent intent.

Cory Maye Awarded New Sentencing Hearing | 35 comments (35 topical)

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