It’s 1:03 AM.
You’re watching the security camera feed of your front porch.
Suddenly, he’s standing at your front door…
The meth-addict living in the busted-out trailer down the road.
He’s had armed standoffs with the S.W.A.T. Team.
He’s shot at the police before. (And other neighbors.)
And lately, he’s been coming onto your property…
Where you live with your spouse and daughter.
About an hour ago, you called 911 after hearing a gunshot.
He demanded to know who made that call.
Now he’s here.
The police are gone.
Your family is inside.
You are the only one standing between them and the threat outside.
You step out your door.
You order him to leave.
He doesn’t.
Instead, he turns… and reaches into his pocket.
Heart in your throat, your vision narrows.
You fire until the threat stops.
Tragically, he dies.
And then, the bombshell:
The man was unarmed.
Now you’re charged with murder.
The prosecutor stands before the jury and paints a simple picture:
An unarmed man showed up.
And you shot him.
(If the jury convicts you, who could blame them?)
But, wait…
There’s a witness for the defense:
Dr. Chuck Rylant, an expert in human performance under stress.
He paints an entirely different picture.
He explains:
- Under threat, the brain doesn’t calmly weigh the options
- It reacts, instantly… and involuntarily
Then, the jury’s reminded that:
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The law doesn’t judge you based on perfect hindsight
- It judges you based on what a reasonable person would do in the moment
And that’s when the lights go on for members of the jury.
They now see something they haven’t until this moment:
You’re not a person who “shot too soon”...
You reacted exactly the way human beings react when they perceive a deadly threat.
The facts are the same. But the interpretation, completely different.
This isn’t a hypothetical situation.
This really happened last year to a man named Keith Sullivan.
And without that expert…
He might be in prison right now.
But experts like Dr. Rylant don’t come cheap…
$10,000, $50,000, even $100,000 or more.
That’s on top of a qualified self-defense attorney and an investigator.
Which is why your defense can easily cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
If this were you…
Could you afford to explain your side of the story?
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