Springtime for T110 and the Americas

The_Chieftain: What sort of daftness is that? The killer may have gone through an incredibly traumatic experience, due to no fault of their own, and now you want to add the time, stress and expense of a murder trial on top of it even when it's obvious to God and his uncle that the killing was justified? "I was being raped. Again. I finally managed to get free enough to find the gun he left nearby and I shot him." "Congratulations on your escape. You're under arrest for murder. Your trial is in six months"   ETA: That last line will get cops killed. We saw it in Iraq when soldiers became more scared of courts martial than the threat in front of them, and declined to engage. The cop has enough problems on his mind in such a situation, Monday morning quarterbacking should not be one of them. The current system is good. If there's evidence it was unjustified and his decision was wrong, -then- try him.