Regardless of whose story you believe, the case is sure to generate debate about what the doctrine of “stand your ground” exactly entails. Whether you believe that Loftis twisted it for his own unsavory purposes or that he was acting appropriately in a frightening situation, the case will have major ramifications for such laws:
“After shooting dead Dubar and Newland, Loftis buried their bodies in a grave in his backyard, went to buy five gallons of gas and then set the bodies on fire, along with his bloodied clothes and towels he used to clean the murder scene.
‘They were essentially just slow-cooked inside the grave site,’ Alfaro, the deputy solicitor, said on Monday.
Loftis’s attorney has argued such actions still do not make it a murder. Citing a size 12 footprint near the handle of his client’s house and blood in the doorjamb, Harris asserted those findings support the self-defense argument.
‘If he wouldn’t have burned those bodies, he would be a free man,’ Harris said. ‘(The police) see this horrible aftermath and say it’s malice. It’s not malice. It’s a person who’s scared.’
According to the Post and Courier, Loftis has not been charged with desecrating human remains, a felony that carries between one and 10 years in prison.
Last year, Harris asked Magistrate Ava Bryant to dismiss the murder charges. His request, however, was rejected, with Bryant leaving it on jurors to decide or for a circuit judge to weigh in.
Loftis’s case is expected to pose new questions about South Carolina’s controversial Protection of Persons and Property Act, also known as the ‘stand your ground’ law, which grants homeowners the right to use deadly force against people breaking into their houses.”
Source: RT
I don’t think so…he killed them, call the police, DO NOT BURY THEM, DO NOT SET THEM ON FIRE, DO NOT EAT THEM…and this judge let the MF go? what is this country coming to? stand your ground my ass, that is taking it a little too far…
This guy and the likes of him aggravate the hell out of me. On one side you have responsible people and on the other you have this$#%&!@* “Stand your ground” laws are depended on by law biding citizens that protect them from unnecessary backlash from the law and rhis guy gives all thos people a bad name.
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Slow cooks….like crock pot slow?
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Did he use a slow crockpot ???
The guy was ruyfied at a club and maintaned himself enough to defend his home against an bar insider/taxi driver assault. The people that ruyfied him can thank themselves for the bond. Do work
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