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Mon 12 Dec 2009Lethal force should be legal if defending home, says law body
A person should be allowed to use lethal force when defending their home, the Law Reform Commission has said.
In proposed legislation, which it publishes tonight, the commission recommends that a person who kills an intruder should be acquitted of a charge of murder. This should be subject to certain conditions, it says.
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