When Rachel gets back home after work, her alcoholic boyfriend holds her at gunpoint and assaults her sexually. She pulls the gun from him and in the scuffle that follows, she pushes him down the stairs. As he rolls down, he accidently shoots himself. The jury is most likely to treat this as ______

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The jury is most likely to treat this as an act of self-defense because Rachel was defending herself from an immediate threat posed by her boyfriend who was assaulting her at gunpoint.

When Rachel Gets Back Home After Work, Her Alcoholic Boyfriend