Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman -- whose office responded to the shooting at the Hermans' home -- said he believes the mother and her two children were in a life-and-death situation and she had no choice but to exercise her constitutional right to self-defense.

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Mr. JACK ABRAMOFF (Former Republican Lobbyist): Mr. Chairman, I have no choice but to assert my various Constitutional privileges.

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And the choice of Paul Kirchhof, a former judge on the Constitutional Court, for the finance portfolio may turn out to be not such a good idea.

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