Columbus NBC on "Stand Your Ground"

NBC4 out of Columbus published an article concerning the proposed "Stand Your Ground" legislation I previously discussed.

From "Proposed Law Gives More Leniency In Self-Defense Cases"

On St. Patrick's Day 2006, a west side woman, who did not want to be identified because of threats against her, shot and killed a 19-year-old who was trying to get into her home.

"I never meant to kill the boy," the woman said. "I just wanted to stop him from coming into my home."

She was charged with murder. The charges were later dropped after the prosecution believed she acted in self-defense.

"I'm not going to forget about it. There's no way you can forget about taking somebody's life," the woman said.

The proposed bill would have saved this poor, traumatized woman from being charged for protecting herself from the criminal that was breaking into her home. It also would've saved her thousands upon thousands of dollars in assured legal fees. I have read that the average cost for a slam-dunk, obvious self defense trial is between $100K-200K. Under current law, the cost for an average Ohioan to defend the lives of his/her family from criminal attack is bankruptcy. Sound fair?