Word: wachtler
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...subway gunman won a dismissal of the charges last January, when a lower court ruled that New York's law on self-defense justified Goetz's actions as "reasonable to him" under the circumstances. Wrong, said Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sol Wachtler. "Reasonable" circumstances must be evaluated by a jury...