Episode 109: Tara-Alexis Ford, David Daniel McCrary, and Oregon’s Self Defense Laws Cascadia Crime & Cryptids

"You protect your family."  
This is the tragic case of Tara-Alexis Ford and the terrible choice she had to make to protect her young children when she encountered an intruder in her home back in 2016.  Caro also does a short review of Oregon's self defense laws and how they were applied to this case. 
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