The gun the deputy said Casey Goodson Jr. was waving when he was shot in the back multiple times was found in the man’s kitchen with the safety on, the prosecutor shared publicly for the first time.

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    10 months ago

    simultaneously defending himself in both cases would put him in a no-win situation.

    What is that even supposed to mean? He has to prove that his actions where justified. How is his a no-win situation? Is his plan to first argue that he’s innocent because he wasn’t trained correctly and acted out of fear and then claim in the second case that he actually received proper training?

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      10 months ago

      Civil cases have a lower standard of evidence, and fifth amendment protection is weaker. Defendants can end up in a situation where they have to say something in a civil trial that then kills their defense in the criminal trial.

      On the flip side, if the criminal trial gets a conviction, then the civil trial is a lot easier.

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        10 months ago

        Defendants can end up in a situation where they have to say something in a civil trial that then kills their defense in the criminal trial.

        What could be example of something like this in this case?