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AK: Alaska court reverses Ketchikan man's murder conviction
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The defense appealed, successfully arguing the slides and statements mischaracterized the law of self-defense and shifted the burden of proof to the defense, presuming Rossiter was guilty unless they agreed Stachelrodt "deserved what he got," the opinion says.
The court ruled that self-defense "does not hinge on whether the deceased 'deserved to die.'" But Scott repeated told the jury that Rossiter's claim of self-defense would only be valid if Stachelrodt deserved to die. |
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"[T]he Alaska attorney general's office . . . said it was evaluating its ability to re-try the case based on the availability of witnesses and other factors."
Wait a minute. Doesn't double-jeopardy apply? |
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