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To: Delhi Rebels
Judge and jury doesn't enter into it.

Wrong.

If the Texas law is as the Florida law, then she has to appear before a judge in an immunity hearing and explain her actions to him. And if he is not convinced that she acted lawfully then he will send it on to trial.

185 posted on 09/21/2012 2:41:25 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip
And if he is not convinced that she acted lawfully then he will send it on to trial.

The Florida law sets the standard of convincement at "preponderance of the evidence". If the judge finds by the preponderance that the defendant's action was reasonable, then he is supposed to throw the whole thing out, also precluding its possible use as a cause of civil damages.

190 posted on 09/21/2012 2:49:58 PM PDT by cynwoody
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