What a load of horse stuff. You never presume guilt until evidence proves guilt.
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Good grief. The author really exposes himself as an ignorant fool.
Implicit in raising the self defense the defendant is admitting the killing but the killing was justified so that the burden of proof shifts to defendant prove self defense.
“Ignorant fool”? I think he’s something much more “pernicious”. There’s so much he knows that isn’t so.