License To Kill

In an apparently under-reported decision, the Oregon Supreme Court has not only redefined self-defense, but has essentially overturned a twenty-five year-old ruling by a former Oregon Supreme Court.  In ruling that the law does not require a person to attempt to avoid a confrontation before employing deadly force, the court reversed a Josephine County murder conviction and chastised the 1982 Supreme Court for rewriting the law - noting that no escape or retreat language was ever included in Oregon law.  While this is a significant development, it doesn't seem to have been picked out on much of the local media.  The folks at JibJab won't be looking for work anytime soon.