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Originally Posted by cmort666
Not in Ohio. If I shoot somebody in self-defense and either am not charged, or am acquitted, neither my assailant nor his survivors can collect a PENNY from me.
In Ohio we don't believe that a failed attacker should be able to profit from his lack of skill or luck.
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cmort666 I agree with you regarding the protection intended by the castle doctrine. Here is a case in Texas where this law failed to protect the homeowner from a significant expense of over $60,000 after he had to defend a civil case, even after the criminal charges were dismissed.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...g=content;col1
The case was the Graham Chambers shooting in Tyler, Texas 2009 in which the homeowner was not convicted. Although succesful in defending the criminal charges, it being self defense. I would guess that Ohio's castle doctrine is not much different from the one we have in Texas.
