Join host Miles Mercer as he dissects gripping self-defense trials where split-second survival decisions collide with complex legal systems. Explore doctrines of imminence, proportional force, and stand your ground laws while uncovering how juries navigate the intersection of fear, danger, and justice in these untold courtroom stories.

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Host Miles Mercer examines America's stand your ground laws, tracing their rapid spread from Florida's 2005 statute to over 30 states. The episode covers landmark cases including Trayvon Martin and the Clearwater parking lot shooting, analyzing controversial outcomes, racial disparities in application, and conflicting research on homicide rates. Mercer breaks down state-by-state variations and the core legal shift from duty-to-retreat to defending one's ground.

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Miles Mercer examines proportionality in self-defense law—the impossible demand that you calculate exactly how much force matches a threat while your brain screams survival. From bar fights to parking lot confrontations, he unpacks why the same punch can be legal or criminal, how courts define "reasonable," and why twelve strangers will judge your split-second math months later.

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Host Miles Mercer examines the legal doctrine of "imminence" in self-defense cases—the requirement that danger must be immediate to justify force. Drawing from Oklahoma, New York, and Arizona statutes, the episode explores how courts measure those critical seconds between threat and action, why the "reasonable person" standard often fails real human fear responses, and how geography can determine whether identical defensive actions lead to freedom or prison.

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