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Expert: Criminologist - 9/26/2006


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self defense fighting back?

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION:

SUNNY DAWN, indeed; self defense is a legitimate defense when it is used with the same amount of force one is being inflincted upon. Without causing physical damages or death to the other person, self defense can be considered a legal defense.

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