Well the Romulans invaded Picard's home, so they would be fair game even in modern law. And as for Picard having unsecured weapons, he may have been given special dispensation due to his long list of enemies or the law changed in a few hundred years. Or perhaps those phasers only work for Picard and his housemates' fingerprints or something.
As far as I know, Hugh was going to break the treaty after Picard left for Nepenthe. And even then we just have Rizzo's word, no trial or anything.
Picard could always claim he didn't know Dahj was a synth at first. And that he was going to report her but she ran away and was later killed.
This puts Measure of a Man in a whole new light.
I am aware the romulans are to blame but the police have dead bodies and on
Well the Romulans invaded Picard's home, so they would be fair game even in modern law. And as for Picard having unsecured weapons, he may have been given special dispensation due to his long list of enemies or the law changed in a few hundred years. Or perhaps those phasers only work for Picard and his housemates' fingerprints or something.
As far as I know, Hugh was going to break the treaty after Picard left for Nepenthe. And even then we just have Rizzo's word, no trial or anything.
Picard could always claim he didn't know Dahj was a synth at first. And that he was going to report her but she ran away and was later killed.
This puts Measure of a Man in a whole new light.
Yeah, I would find it hard to believe that any jurisdiction would charge him for defending himself.
Same thing with weapons in the house. I would imagine there would be plenty of safeties for 24th century tech that would make firearm safety even more possible than now.
but you are all overlooking he left earth right after killings, the police have a pile of dead romulan bodies on a farm worked by romulan servants,
starfleet is likely to be bad it always is, and tje federation has a history of throwing people under the bus to protect a treaty
Murder is ridiculous. As for the other charges, good luck getting a conviction. Picard barely survives a second attack, having already reported the first one, and doesn't stick around for a third? Nobody's going to want to try that one.
Picard would probably like being brought up on that charge. It'd be "The Measure of a Man " all over again, and he'd win this time too.
reporting something to starfleet is pointless, they are not the police and Admiral clancy is very likely to be bad very few starfleet admirals are good after all.
who said it was a home invasion? the police never watched the scene on tv.
they arrived, a pile of dead unregistered romulans are sat there presented to them by two romulan servants on a farm whontold them boss man had to defend himself.
where is house owner? bossman left earth right after the event, but it was self defence.
Now tell me if a pile of dead mexicans turning up on a us farm that used mexican workers wouldn't raise police eyebrows, now add to that the owner who had helped kill them had mysteriously left the usa right afterward without waiting for the police what would the police reaction be?
I say a murder enquiry would be launched and a warrant for the persons arrest would be issued.