jmorris
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This whole idea that the life of a criminal is too precious to take for any reason except the most extreme & specific circumstances is what prosecutors in cities where crime is out of control are saying.
But he was in Texas and we threw out the duty to retreat in 1995.
The concepts You are talking about isn’t whats on the books here.
Sec. 9.31. SELF-DEFENSE - Texas Penal Code
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), a person is justified in using force against another when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to protect the actor against the other’s use or attempted use of unlawful force. The actor’s belief that the...
txpenalcode.com