You cannot always avoid falling from a cliff by going as far as you want in the opposite direction. Some times you have to walk very fine line between two very dangerous sides. When you already have a beyond reasonable doubt established crime that is being challenged by a self defense claim or at least like this one you don't have as much back yard to retreat and avoid judgment similar to when you don't have an established crime. In cases like this anything given to one side is taken from the other side and your judgment line will be drawn on the life and value of life of those involved and not on any empty area in which there is a safe choice of avoidance. I said "like this" above because in some other cases the one making the self defense claim may argue that he did not choose to put himself in the situation that led to the attack and therefore shouldn't be held to a different standard.
I actually think of the dealing with the whole justice system like that of walking a fine with a deep valley on both sides but it made even more sense in a case like this.
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