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http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/20/opinion/toobin-trayvon-martin/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
just - wow. florida has a "stand your ground" law thanks to the NRA that says if you feel threatened, you can shoot someone.
The legal question at the heart of the case involves Florida's so-called "stand your ground" law, which the legislature passed, at the behest of the National Rifle Association, in 2005. Before that time, Florida law resembled that of most other states; during confrontations, individuals had a duty to retreat rather than to respond to provocations. Under the new law, a person is allowed to use deadly force if he is in a place he has a right to be and feels reasonably threatened with serious harm.
so if you don't care for someone (is there a "don't care for you" crime to be somewhere between "i loved you but killed you anyway" and a "hate crime"?) you can set it up to where you provoke them, they stand their ground, then you can stand yours and shoot them.
very jacked up law. the article says "justifiable homicides" have tripled since this went into affect.
just - wow. florida has a "stand your ground" law thanks to the NRA that says if you feel threatened, you can shoot someone.
The legal question at the heart of the case involves Florida's so-called "stand your ground" law, which the legislature passed, at the behest of the National Rifle Association, in 2005. Before that time, Florida law resembled that of most other states; during confrontations, individuals had a duty to retreat rather than to respond to provocations. Under the new law, a person is allowed to use deadly force if he is in a place he has a right to be and feels reasonably threatened with serious harm.
so if you don't care for someone (is there a "don't care for you" crime to be somewhere between "i loved you but killed you anyway" and a "hate crime"?) you can set it up to where you provoke them, they stand their ground, then you can stand yours and shoot them.
very jacked up law. the article says "justifiable homicides" have tripled since this went into affect.