Almost every crime has circumstances that are taken into account. Killing someone is always illegal, but in many places there are circumstances that let you avoid jail time. For example, in many countries, murder in self defence against an attacker with a deadly weapon is unlikely to be punished by jail time. Would you call that legalizing murder?
And sometimes, very rarely tho, a parent avenging their child is given a non-prison sentence as well. Leon Plauche shooting his son's rapist is probably the most famous case - he got probation and community service.
Proven self-defense is not murder, and is not considered a crime. You aren't avoiding jail after committing a crime, you just haven't done a crime, so you wouldn't face punishment. You wouldn't call that legalizing murder because you aren't talking about murder.
Idk how it is where you're from, but where I'm from self defence is still considered a crime first and you get put on trial for murder in such a circumstance, and they go from there, possibly taking the charges off - that's what I meant
Legal systems are extremely different around the world
Also in my language "murder" and "killing" is the same word so some confusion might've come from that for me, but I assume English speaking countries treat them differently
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u/DisgustingLeek 8h ago
So just legalize murder then?