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Old 07-10-2013, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by mickey100 View Post
The army prosecutor who taught Zimmerman in a 2010 college class on criminal litigation, testified that he covered Florida's self-defense and "Stand Your Ground" laws in his 2010 course. Army Captain Alexis Carter said Zimmerman "was probably one of the better students in the class," calling him an "A" student. In other words, Zimmerman was well versed in Stand Your Ground and was lying when he said we was not familiar with SYG.
The "Castle Doctrine" was signed into law on October 1, 2005 by Gov. Jeb Bush.

It was later nicknamed the "Stand your Ground" law. That is not the law's official name and not used when taught in school.