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I don’t think the castle doctrine protects you from punishment for murdering a doorbell ringer, even if they’re drunk. Even in Texas.
by quickthrowman 5y ago
I don’t think the castle doctrine protects you from punishment for murdering a doorbell ringer, even if they’re drunk. Even in Texas.
- willcipriano 5y agoThey have to breach the "castle" with apparent violent intent for castle doctrine to apply, it's not the courtyard doctrine.
- detaro 5y agoYou have to "had reason to believe" that they were "attempting to enter unlawfully and with force", that's not quite the same as them actually having done so.
- filoleg 5y agoYeah, it generally wouldn’t be legal even in Texas. But i don’t think it will matter much to your dead body that the person who wrongly shot you in self-defense is serving jail time, hence the situation is still considered dangerous.
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- dhosek 5y agoI have a vague recollection of a Black teenager shot for ringing the wrong doorbell and the white homeowner not being charged for the shooting. I'm thinking this was in Mississippi or Alabama maybe.