BobR
Regular Member
Self defense, the law and legal cost reimbursement. It has been statutory law here in WA that if you prevailed in a court of law at establishing a claim of self defense, the state can reimburse your legal costs.
The reimbursement has just become better, a WA state appeals court has just ruled that lost wages are part of the legal costs. They recognized that the cost of defense starts at the time of arrest.
This is a good move. How many people have lost their jobs over being arrested, only to later be found not guilty? In the case of self defense, there is now a little bit of relief.
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022069484_washdefensexml.html
http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/308367.pub.pdf
bob
The reimbursement has just become better, a WA state appeals court has just ruled that lost wages are part of the legal costs. They recognized that the cost of defense starts at the time of arrest.
This is a good move. How many people have lost their jobs over being arrested, only to later be found not guilty? In the case of self defense, there is now a little bit of relief.
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022069484_washdefensexml.html
http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/308367.pub.pdf
bob
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