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    #31
    Originally posted by TXHunter12 View Post
    Not disagreeing but please explain why Adrian Peterson got in trouble ?
    It was clearly not sadly force.
    Because in law you have to look at definitions. Deadly force does not mean death although that outcome is included. It is force that causes desth, is capable of causing death OR serious bodily injury. Then you have to go to the definition of serious bodily injury. That is defined as force which can cause death OR serious disfigurement (like serious scarring from injuries) or loss or extended (protracted) loss or impairment of a limb or organ.

    For example, if someone breaks your little finger and your hand is in a cast for a month and you therefore lose the use of the hand or arm for that time, that can be considered deadly force. We are only talking about a small broken bone on one hand yet it can be equal under the law as shooting someone.

    I don't know the particulars in that case but apparently the DA decided that the injuries were severe enough for a protracted loss of the child's leg (maybe couldn't walk for several days) or it may have caused permanent scarring, etc.

    Adrian Peterson chose not to contest it but I could conceivably see the outcome of charges going either way in a trial. If he fought it in court, a jury may convict him and he do some prison time. He could have fought it and won. He chose not to risk it.

    The point in reading the law is to know the definitions that apply to that law and many of them only apply to that law and or not the common usage or dictionary definition.

    While you say that it clearly is not deadly force, under the law it could be. Would you have believed that a broken pinky was "deadly force"?

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      #32
      I hope to God I never have to deal with this. That's all I'm saying. Good luck finding a solution.

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        #33
        Thank fellas

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