Lawyers for a Florida man this week
cited former President George W. Bush’s doctrine of preemptive attack, the “Bush
Doctrine” as a supposed defense for their client who allegedly snuck up on his
neighbors while they were having a barbecue and shot them. (full story)
The lawyers cooked up the Bush Doctrine as
a new defense, allowing William T. Woodward, pictured above, to preemptively
attack his neighbors who had allegedly called him names and threatened to “get
him.”
The lawyers also invoked Stand Your
Ground, which allows gun owners to literally stand their ground in the face of
imminent danger and not have to first attempt to retreat before using deadly
force. Woodward instead snuck up on his
neighbors and shot them. He claimed that
the word “imminent” meant also some time in the future, which it legally doesn’t.
There’s no word yet on whether the
lawyers have been sanctioned, though they should be. Citing foreign war policy in a State criminal
case is patently ridiculous. While
zealous representation of a client is allowed, making up law is not.
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