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Episode 109: Tara-Alexis Ford, David Daniel McCrary, and Oregon’s Self Defense Laws
2024-05-16
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"You protect your family."
This is the tragic case of Tara-Alexis Ford and the terrible choice she had to make to protect her young children when she encountered an intruder in her home back in 2016. Caro also does a short review of Oregon's self defense laws and how they were applied to this case.
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NSltj9lbmg
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- https://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/mom-kills-intruder-in-childs-bedroom/article_e070fe46-3668-516c-9808-823584d3cfa3.html
- https://blog.kidssafetynetwork.com/oregon-mom-fatally-shoots-intruder-found-childs-bedroom/2016/30/
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- https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2016/07/cleared_of_criminal_wrongdoing.html
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