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by Crito 4203 days ago
Not really. Iff it makes it to the Grand Jury, then what you said is true.

Often it never makes it that far. In many self-defense cases involving non-police civilians the district attorney will decide that no crime was committed and that will be the end of it.

One quick example from the top of a google search: http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/janitor-wont-be-charged-i...