Hope gets people through the hardest times in their lives. When you hear a judge pronounce a prison sentence for you, even if you were expecting it because it was part of a plea deal, you may immediately start concentrating on the time when you will become eligible for parole and doing everything you can to get your parole approved when your next court date comes.
Do You Get in Trouble for Self Defense in Texas?
If you get accused of assault or another violent crime, the jury cannot convict you if you demonstrate that you only used force to ward off an immediate threat of violence to yourself or another person or of destruction of your property.