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S03.E19: Bounty


thewhiteowl
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So, I guess "it was a mistake" really is grounds for acquittal on assault with bodily injury and kidnapping, etc.  Sheesh.  It doesn't matter that the guy behind the guy was crooked as a snake, what the defendant did was purely wrong.  The episode plot did do a good deed though, in pointing out the flaws in the bail enforcement industry. 

I wonder if there are ever any repercussions in the DA's office when their staff fails to look into the case below the surface. 

2 hours ago, Dowel Jones said:

I guess "it was a mistake" really is grounds for acquittal on assault with bodily injury and kidnapping, etc.  Sheesh.

From what I understand, if your action would be reasonable otherwise, then you might be able to argue that defense.

For example, the radio warns of an escaped convict in your area, and gives a description. Five minutes later a guy matching the description and wearing an orange jump-suit hops over your back fence.  You tickle the guy with a bat, and call the cops.  Turns out the guy is an innocent bystander who likes orange jump-suits.  You probably won't get done for assault, since your actions would have been reasonable, except for mis-identifying the guy.

I don't know that you can claim beating a guy up and locking him in your boot would have been reasonable behaviour if he had been the bail-jumper you thought he was. And dropping his unconscious body off at the A&E without telling anyone anything after you discovered he wasn't...

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