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Originally Posted by redwitch
Tal, there are pluses and minuses to the stand your ground law. Sadly, it is one of the main reasons I moved to Florida. Some will use it as an excuse to be a "man", to not have to back down, to claim self-defense regardless of the actual fear or danger. Some will use it to protect themselves in the true sense that the law was created.
I think Zimmerman's defense will hinge largely on the autopsy and the trajectory of the bullet. I would guess that the path of the bullet will tell us a lot, at least I hope so.
I was and am firmly behind the idea that Zimmerman should have been arrested and charged with something. I have yet to see anything that changes my mind that the Sanford Police Department did their job. At most, there was a cursory and perfunctory examination of the event. Witnesses were barely, if at all, interviewed. To me, that has always been the biggest issue. Not a race issue, not even the fact that a young man died. The simple fact that a police department did not do its job and justice was not being served. Hopefully, now all facts will come out and a reasoned verdict can be determined. I think that's what the Martins were asking for.
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I had heard that too from some lawyers discussing this on some channels. Think it was Alan Dershowitz and Patricia Cornwell who were discussing what the forensics might show.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-d...b_1418441.html http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/201...n-martin-case/
That police department does have some history with shoddy investigations.
I understand why you would defend the Stand Your Ground Law. It does make sense in various situations. Wish they could have written it a little better though.
http://articles.businessinsider.com/...ent-commission