re: #312 Killgore Trout

SYG laws broaden the possible use of self-defense either to mitigate or vitiate completely the criminal culpability of the defendant.

If a jury is confused about self-defense and SYG—and most people in FL probably are—they’re likely to misapply it. We have no idea if that’s what happened, contra the assertion by the article’s author that we know for sure SYG played no part. It shouldn’t have played a part, but the author’s certainty is absurd and baseless, as he has no more access to intimate details of the jury’s deliberation than the rest of us.