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Connor Grubb was found not guilty of murder and other charges, with a jury finding his actions that led to the death of Young were justifiable.

It was the iced-over, heartless feeling that enables some people to do terrible things for what they believe are perfectly justifiable reasons.

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Florida’s landmark stand-your-ground law, intended to afford citizens greater self-defense protections, appears to give incentive for police and prosecutors to classify tough cases as justifiable homicides, according to some criminal-justice researchers.

The Wall Street Journal analyzed the number of justifiable homicides reported by police agencies that consistently filed monthly crime data to the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System from 2019 to 2024.

Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., said the deal would “undermine domestic producers,” and Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., called the concerns of ranchers “justifiable.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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