Re: [OT] Self-defense in Canada

The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:28:41 -0500, Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>:

Are you accusing me of expecting the law to change so that self-defense
claims are never questioned? Because if you are, I really don't know
where you are getting that from what I've said. Here in the real world,
people can be scoundrels and some could kill wantonly and try to pass it
off as self-defense. There have been a variety of examples in the real
world. The law needs to reflect that.

Obviously you have the right to make a plea but not a right to have it
automatically accepted. Even if the plea is rejected you still would
have the right to "a jury of your peers" or a "trial by judge" though
in any case you still would be innocent till found guilty.

I don't understand what you are saying. The defendant enters a lawful
plea. It's recorded on the record. The court doesn't accept it.

What presumption of innocence? If the wife's dead, I presume the husband
did it. If the business partner is dead, I assume the living partner did
it. If the body was discovered on an episode of Murder, She Wrote, I
presume...