Self Defense Trials - The Six-Inch Rule: How Courts Decide If You Were Scared Enough

Host Miles Mercer examines the legal doctrine of "imminence" in self-defense cases—the requirement that danger must be immediate to justify force. Drawing from Oklahoma, New York, and Arizona statutes, the episode explores how courts measure those critical seconds between threat and action, why the "reasonable person" standard often fails real human fear responses, and how geography can determine whether identical defensive actions lead to freedom or prison. Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTV This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.