How is Poe sentenced to prison?

Didn't they go for some silly "registered as a deadly weapon" explanation? I can't remember.

That was not self defense. He was protecting his ego, not himself or his wife. The douchey guys were behind a fence taunting him. He could have gotten in the car and drove home to bone his hot wife, but instead he decided to confront them.

Did they deserve what they got? I think so.

Was it legal self defense? No way, no how.

They didn't come near him not walking towards him. He had the option to get in the car and drive off. He went near them. Even his wife told him to get in the car and drive off. So he clearly had the option to drive off. That's why he is sentenced. Just like Forrest Gump's mother said, do not try to be brave just run.

Do you honestly think that the target audience for Con Air gave a rat’s butt how Cage got on the plane? They just wanted him ON THE PLANE, so they could watch a lot of mindless action. In the movie, Snakes on a Plane, no one cares how the snakes got there. In Pacific Rim, no one cares whence came the huge monsters. They just want to see huge, human-controlled robots battle huge monsters. The entertainment industry calls movies and TV shows like this “high concept,”
which means that whomever conceived of them was high at the time. The audience for stuff like this is comprised of the easily-amused, not of the deeply-thinking. Sheesh.

I think some of the specifics vary from state to state, but I’m pretty sure that in order for you to use lethal force in self defense a lot of criteria needs to be met. More so than most people would think. One of the criteria in most states is you can’t use force if you can easily leave the situation/flee or difuse it in another way. Hence the controversy with the “stand your ground law.” If you have your car next to you, and are being harassed by people behind a fence, you are legally supposed to get in your car and leave. Not go over to them and beat them to death because “you’re fearing for your life” Lol. A lot of places also require you to use a roughly equal amount of force, such as if they were threatening to beat you up, and before you are even hit you, you can’t pull out a pistol and shoot them in the face. I’m not a lawyer or legal expert, but just from what I’ve read on this topic, claiming self defense when you kill someone isn’t something you can do in a ton of situations. There are a lot of variables that will be taken into consideration when determining if you are justified in killing another person in a public place. You would have to show that it was a legitimate threat to your life, you are unable to reasonably flee, and you have to respond to the situation with a reasonable level for force, and they have to continue trying to attack/kill you the entire time. Ex, if someone pushes you hard, then you punch them in the face and they stop/try to leave, you can’t continue beating them or pursue them to continue attacking them. Once the threat stops, you are supposed to stop also. It’s interesting and potentially useful info to know, I recommend you read up on it. I am going to myself now as I realize there are a lot of areas I’m unsure of. Especially my particular states’ laws.

One of the two that survived took off with the knife so it wasn't seen by law efforcement. In Texas if you are attached by 3 or more people even without weapons you can use deadly force. This movie was in Louisana though.

Well there’s the fact that A) Poe is a trained killer and can respond with deadly force that others can not, B) Poe could have walked away but he chose to engage them, C) The knife was never found so therefore there was no evidence that he was threatened with deadly force, D) There were no witnesses to confirm Poe’s story, E) He had a really shitty lawyer

Louisiana back then was a really dumb democrat run state. It still has the problems now left over from back then.