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Stand Your Ground Laws

Durbin Cruz Clash Over Stand Your Ground Laws
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Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, testified before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Tuesday about 'stand your ground" self-defense laws, reviving the contentious debate in Washington over such legislation. Fulton said she was there so that lawmakers could put a face on the tragedy that resulted in the loss of her son, who had just celebrated his 17th birthday three weeks before he was killed while walking home in Sanford, Fla. "He was going to get a drink and candy. He was not looking for any type of trouble," she said. "He was not the criminal that some people...
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Laws Ground Stand

'Stand your ground' law tested in recent shootings

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A Montana man is accused of setting a trap and blindly blasting a shotgun into his garage, killing a 17-year-old German exchange student. A Minnesota man is convicted of lying in wait in his basement for two teenagers and killing them during a break-in. Ref. Source 5

Stand Your Ground Laws History & Civil Business Politics

Does the Stand Your Ground count in this case?
In his chilling police interrogation, Billy Woodward described the moment he sneaked across his front lawn wearing camouflage and shot three neighbors he had been feuding with in Titusville, Florida. “I kept low crawling. I was on a military mission. I was going to end this war,” Woodward is heard telling Titusville police after the shooting on an interrogation tape. Ref. Source 7o

Laws Ground Stand

There is no way the defense can win on a stand your ground law. The maniac left his home and crossed the street to kill and in front of their children too!