David Codrea: ‘Vindictive prosecution’ subjects self-defense to ‘community standards'

Feb 26, 2016 | 0 comments

A Marin County doctor who had charges dismissed against him earlier this month is still facing a grand jury indictment obtained by a prosecutor determined to see him convicted, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday. Dr. James Stephen Simon, a surgeon and occupational medicine and aerospace medicine practitioner with no criminal history, had more than 50 registered firearms, the majority being sporting weapons and collector’s items, and 200 boxes of ammunition, seized by police following a self-defense shooting in 2014. Marin County District Attorney’s Office (YouTube screen capture) Simon had already been acquitted of” attempted voluntary manslaughter and assault with …read more

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