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Fighting Crime (Public Engagement)

On that point, does my hon. Friend agree that the issue is clear in the sense that reasonable force is permitted in defence of oneself or another, but that the real question is how we interpret the word ““reasonable””? The problem, it appears, does not lie with the individual, or with the jury considering the case in the final analysis; generally speaking, it lies with the prosecuting authorities in between. They prosecute cases, but if the word ““reasonable”” were used in its proper sense, those cases would not be prosecuted at all.