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Panel hears proposal to bar civil suits after acquittal or no-bill in self-defense cases
Summary
Senator Hall explained a bill that would bar civil damages for personal injury or death when criminal proceedings resulted in no indictment, dismissal, or acquittal; supporters said protracted civil suits impose severe burdens on defendants.
Senator Hall told the committee Senate Bill 17 30 would prevent civil damages claims for personal injury or death arising from a defendant's use of force or deadly force if criminal proceedings ended in a no-bill, dismissal or acquittal.
Hall framed the bill as a civil companion to Texas’s castle doctrine, saying defendants who are cleared criminally still face lengthy and…
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