Erwin v. State
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erwin-v-state-181-9859498
title:
Erwin v. State
text:
Erwin v. State, 29 Ohio St. 186, 199 (1876), is a criminal case in which the court rejected the duty to retreat when using deadly force in self-defense. The court wrote that a faultless "true man" would not retreat. Using "famous language", the court wrote:
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- "The law, out of tenderness for human life and the frailty of human nature, will not permit the taking of it to repel mere trespass, or even to save a life where the assault is provoked; but a true man who is without fault is not o
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_v._State
date created:
2016-10-03T18:13:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T00:29:16Z
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