About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of using deadly force in self-defense situations, featuring expert Doug Deaton.

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Imagine that someone with a knife or another deadly weapon is charging at you with intent to kill. How close do they have to be for you to deploy deadly force? Did you say 21 feet? That's what I've always been told. But what if you take that shot and now you're on trial for murder and the prosecutor has evidence that says the assailant was twenty-two feet away when you took your shot. Oh, no! Our guest today is Doug Deato...

People in this episode

Host: Jared Altic

Guest: Doug Deaton

Topics covered

• self-defense
• law enforcement
• deadly force
• expert testimony
• trial
• knife attack

Keywords

• deadly force
• self-defense
• law
• trial
• knife attack
• expert testimony
• police wellness

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