Legal Argument Analysis

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The question you should ask yourself is, to what length would you go to protect your family, friends, and country? For as long as I can remember there has been an ongoing argument on whether or not there is a viable solution for justifying murder. There has been many viable arguments such as defending one's self, property, and family only in the situation of life and death. Another is when participating in a military ordered exposition in foreign land to protect your self and comrades. Also in Physician-Assisted-Suicide on the simplicity of a terminal illness. Even though some may say that taking someone else's life and not getting punished for those crimes are unfair and unjust. "Through the articles I have read they have revealed that there

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