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Zeus posted...

By that suggestion, whoever won the fight could claim SYG, effectively making it a trial by combat.

Well yeah, that's basically the situation that SYG creates, allowing one to instigate a violent situation and then kill the other person instead of backing down.
If the jogger had wrested the gun from them and shot them dead, he could reasonably claim that he felt threatened and in fear for his life.

It's so weird in these situations how only the initial agressor w/ the gun is thought to have a right to defend himself w/o backing down. While as the Trayvon Martins and Ahmaud Arberys don't also have that right somehow, even though they're the ones who really should be fearing for their lives.

wolfy42 posted... I believe the court already judged in their favor (the two white men), and they are sending it to the supreme court because of this.

No, it never went to court. These guys were never arrested until the video came out and people were outraged.
The DA office where the older murderer used to work decided it was justified, and lied to the family, saying he was gunned down while burglarizing a house.
It's all super corrupt.