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Joe Scarborough: Reclaiming my time just for 1 minute, I would ask you as a judge, I want to ask you a question. If you had somebody that…

On the recordFebruary 27, 1996
Reclaiming my time just for 1 minute, I would ask you as a judge, I want to ask you a question. If you had somebody that owned a convenience store and a 6-year-old came in and picked up a pack of gum and started walking out that door, and that convenience store owner had the ability to go over and take the gum out of that child's hand but instead shot him dead with an assault rifle, as a judge, would you say, well, this is a thief? Even, again, I am saying even if they were in Cuban air space, and this shows clearly that they were not, what would you do as a judge?
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Joe Scarborough
Florida

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Questioning the justification of extreme actions in a legal context.

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