Runyan v. State

Runyan v. State, 57 Ind. 80 (1877), was an Indiana court case that argued natural law and a distinct American Mind to reject a duty to retreat when claiming self-defense in a homicide case.[1][2] The court implied it was un-American,[2]:551–2 writing of a referring to the distinct American mind,[1] "the tendency of the American mind seems to be very strongly against" a duty to retreat.[1] The court went further in saying that no statutory law could require a duty to retreat, because the right to stand one's ground is "founded on the law of nature; and is not, nor can it be, superseded by any law of society."

References

  1. 1 2 3 No Duty to Retreat:Violence and Values in American History and Society 4030 (1991)
  2. 1 2 Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1,


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