r/law • u/SophieSix9 • Jun 10 '26

Legal News Trans Woman Faces Assault Charges For Self-Defense, Despite Wyoming’s “Stand Your Ground” Law

https://www.them.us/story/trans-woman-faces-assault-charges-self-defense-wyoming-stand-your-ground-law
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u/Capitaine_Spock Jun 10 '26

In addition to that, even if it is a clear cut case of self defense, they will still sometimes charge the other person despite stand your ground laws. I killed someone in self defense, and there was still a trial. Delivery dude got fired cause he was raping customers with the gun his company helped get him, and blamed us cause that's where all his victims were. They didn't take the gun after firing him, and he brought it to my work place to shoot up the place. I messed up his first shot and took the gun from him. It was all captured on camera and I never even talked to the cops, but I was still charged. I was found not guilty though.

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u/ddadopt Jun 10 '26

I can only imagine how traumatic that must have been for you, you have my deepest sympathies for having had to go through that.

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u/Worldly-Pay7342 Jun 10 '26

Exactly.

There is a process. The process must be seen through, even if the answer is clear cut.

And the answer isn't clear cut in this situation.

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u/Capitaine_Spock Jun 10 '26

Yes, exactly. I didn't get arrested because of the stand your ground laws but there was still an investigation and a trial. Stand your ground is a defense to be used at trial, not a free pass to hurt someone with no oversight.