Imminence ≠ Immediate: PART 2!
Yesterday we covered the interesting appellate reversal of the murder conviction of a woman who claimed self-defense in the shooting death of her boyfriend. She shot him dead under circumstances in which he wasn't in the moment presenting an immediate threat to her. Generally this would mean she killed in the absence of an imminent threat, which should result in the rejection of her self-defense justification. Indeed, the jury did exactly that, and convicted her of murder as cha...