Frank: there is also Intentional, premeditated and without malice. Probably not a legal distinction, but Kevorkian and abuse excuses would fit that description.
As I said a testable statement.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publics...cle1128317.ece
Quote:
Reports of justifiable homicides in Florida
2000 32
2001 33
2002 35
2003 32
2004 31
2005 43
2006 33
2007 102
2008 93
2009 105
2010 (through June)44
Source: Florida Department of Law Enforcement
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At the same time violent crime in Florida has trended down.
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Content/...ent-Crime.aspx
I don't think there's any causation or even correlation between the two sets of statistics. There was a four year spike in murders following the passage of SYG.
The contrast indicates that the increase in justifiable homicides can be attributed to SYG.
So that brings up a couple of new questions.
1. Is the increase in justifiable homicides a reclassification of shootings that would be criminal under old law?
2. Are the increase in justifiable homicides new shootings that would not have happened under the old law?
3. If it's some of each, how many of each?
Unfortunately Florida state doesn't keep very good records when it comes to SYG.