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Jul 28, 2005 criminal law justifiable homicide fulfillment of duty police officers revised penal code self-defense

When Duty and Danger Collide: Justifiable Homicide in the Line of Duty

A police officer's shooting of an escapee who grabbed an M16 was justified as fulfillment of duty, not homicide.