Does 'Stand Your Ground' Law Need to Be Amended?
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2012/03/20 23:29:30
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George Zimmerman, 28, shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in a gated community on February 26. The details of the shooting are vague and more than a little suspicious, but the case was thrust into the public forum when Zimmerman called upon Florida's 2005 "Stand Your Ground" law, claiming he shot the boy in self-defense. Now the case is going before a grand jury, and Zimmerman is still a free man.
Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch volunteer, and had called the police several times over the last few months to complain about break-ins and kids playing in the street. In a police recording from the day of the shooting, Zimmerman reported a "suspicious black male" whom he was following. Police told him not to follow, to which Zimmerman replied, "These a------s always get away." A lawyer for the Martin family says there was a 16-year-old girl on the phone with Martin just before the shooting, and claims the boy expressed concern about being followed.
Jeffrey Bellin, who teaches law at Southern Methodist University, described the "Stand Your Ground" law to NPR: "As long as you are somewhere you have a lawful right to be, if someone attacks you, the words of the statute are you can meet force with force, including deadly force, if you reasonably believe that that is necessary." What do you think about the "Stand Your Ground" law?
Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch volunteer, and had called the police several times over the last few months to complain about break-ins and kids playing in the street. In a police recording from the day of the shooting, Zimmerman reported a "suspicious black male" whom he was following. Police told him not to follow, to which Zimmerman replied, "These a------s always get away." A lawyer for the Martin family says there was a 16-year-old girl on the phone with Martin just before the shooting, and claims the boy expressed concern about being followed.
Jeffrey Bellin, who teaches law at Southern Methodist University, described the "Stand Your Ground" law to NPR: "As long as you are somewhere you have a lawful right to be, if someone attacks you, the words of the statute are you can meet force with force, including deadly force, if you reasonably believe that that is necessary." What do you think about the "Stand Your Ground" law?
I resent that remark
have you seen the whole sale slaughter in Seria?
here is some Common Sense
but it came with price
your apology is welcome news :)
here this is for you
tips my hat..mam
Well done for identifying the quote!!!
Killing when there is a real and clear imminent threat to the lives of others is not murder.
Killing in defense of your country is not murder.
Killing because someone angered you, or you don't like their looks is murder.
Killing because of religious or political beliefs is murder.
Killing for the sole purpose of revenge or vengeance is cold-blooded murder.
Killing (voluntaraily) for profit (executioners) is murder.
Besides, It is not you or I who dictate whether the death penalty is on the table, but the State of Florida. My statements here are more often pragmatic than ideological.
Countries that abolished the death penalty: Russia, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Canada, Australia, etc.
America is on the wrong side of this issue. It is time that we re-join the civilized world.