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Lawyers for a Florida man this week cited President George W. Bush’s pre-emptive war in Iraq and the “Bush Doctrine” as a defense after their client killed two neighbors and attempted to kill a third on Labor Day.

Florida Today reported on Wednesday that attorney’s for William T. Woodward had filed a motion asking for charges against him to be dismissed under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, which says that gun owners do not have a duty to retreat in the face of an “imminent” threat.

According to officials in Titusville, Woodward had snuck up on his neighbors while they were having a Labor Day barbecue. Police responding to the scene found that Gary Lee Hembree, Roger Picior and Bruce Timothy had all been shot.


Hembree and Picior were later pronounced dead. Blake survived, even though he had been hit 11 times.

In their motion, Woodward’s attorneys claimed that the victims had called him names and threatened to “get him.”

The motion referenced Enoch V. State, which suggests that an “imminent” threat can include something that is likely to occur at sometime in the future.

“I think legally that term has sort of been evolving especially given changes of our government’s definition of ‘imminent,’” attorney Robert Berry, who is representing Woodward, told Florida Today. “It’s become more expansive than someone putting a gun right to your head. It’s things that could become, you know, an immediate threat.”

The court document filed by the defense also cited “The Bush Doctrine,” a foreign policy principle used by President George W. Bush to justify the invasion of Iraq. “The Bush Doctrine” embraces “preventive” or pre-emptive war.


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/04/fl...y-cookout/

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I think what the guy did was wrong and he should be sentenced, but kudos to the lawyer for the hilarious defense. I gotta hand it to him, the definition is rather stretched now.

I'm still laughing at "especially given changes of our government’s definition of ‘imminent’"

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I never pegged el mech for having blonde highlights....

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(09-05-2013 10:49 AM)JohnKreese Wrote:  I never pegged el mech for having blonde highlights....

This doesn't surprise me one bit, people here are melting down continuously you can't even make it to the grocery store without seeing someone freaking out these days..

I'm ready for them always, bring it. When you leave the house in the morning you have to have the mindset that some extremely fucked up shit is going to happen and if it doesn't that's fine

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Why dont we make this the thread to post all future news stories from Florida in?
Its got a good title for that
I can post crazy stories from up here in the Redneck Riviera regularly

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(09-05-2013 01:12 PM)MrXY Wrote:  Why dont we make this the thread to post all future news stories from Florida in?
Its got a good title for that
I can post crazy stories from up here in the Redneck Riviera regularly

Use mine..

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