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Touché ... Stand-your-ground Texan sentenced to 40 years..
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0627/Stand-your-ground-defense-falls-short-in-Texas-videoHouston
A man who claimed Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor after an argument about a noisy party was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years for murder.
Raul Rodriguez, 46, had faced up to life in prison for the 2010 killing of Kelly Danaher.
Rodriguez, a retired Houston-area firefighter, was angry about the noise coming from a birthday party at his neighbor's home. He went over and got into an argument with 36-year-old elementary school teacher Danaher and two other men at the party.
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