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extrahandgrenades t1_jd0krvg wrote

It doesn’t meet the criteria for any of those subsections.

(c)(1)(i) Police presence alone does not warrant “serious provocation by the victim killed.” Officers were there for a legitimate reason - a named complainant called 911 concerning the safety of one or more people. The Allegheny County District Attorney reported, “neither Sluganski nor Thomas had drawn their weapons when they approached Morris on Monday.” This is not serious provocation.

(c)(1)(ii) He did not negligently kill Sean Sluganski in the course of defending himself from serious provocation by another person.

(c)(2) His actions are not justified under any of the Chapter 5 sections pertaining to self-defense.

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