# Stand Your Ground: Man innocent of killing wife's lover

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 31, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-your-ground-man-innocent-of-killing-wifes-lover/659787 "2013-05-31T14:13:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-your-ground-man-innocent-of-killing-wifes-lover/659787/41 "2013-07-12T21:11:30Z")

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> [@Freudian\_Slit](#):
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> “Fred Casely? How can he be a burglar? My wife knows him…he sold us our furniture!”

And according to the neighbors, he’s been “burgling” her 3-4 times a week!

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**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-your-ground-man-innocent-of-killing-wifes-lover/659787/42 "2013-07-12T21:53:44Z")

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IMHO this sounds more like a murder than a defensive shooting just based on the surrounding circumstance, but apparently the jury bought it.

That’s neither here nor there, though, mainly I just wanted to point out that “stand your ground” has no bearing on this case because the shooting occurred in the defendant’s home, not a public area where he had a right to be. \</pedant\>

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-your-ground-man-innocent-of-killing-wifes-lover/659787/43 "2013-07-12T22:05:03Z")

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It’s the same analysis, though; the stand your ground doctrine simply extends the castle doctrine to anyplace the defendant has a right to be rather than just his home or workplace.

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-your-ground-man-innocent-of-killing-wifes-lover/659787/44 "2013-07-12T22:12:50Z")

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> [@JCFindley](#):
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> Will shooting him in the leg stop him from slicing your wife’s throat is the bigger question? You find this situation in your house, could you tell if he was armed or not?

If he was unclothed and lying atop my wife, I’d be fairly confident he was unarmed. Worst case, I outdraw him when he goes for his keistered switchblade.

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