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A Florida House committee will consider allowing people to shoot bears that go on their property or if they feel threatened. Florida lawmakers want version of 'stand your ground' law for lethal ...
A 2016 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association compared homicide rates in Florida following the passage of its "stand your ground" self-defense law to the rates in four control states, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Virginia, which have no similar laws. It found that the law was associated with a 24.4% increase in homicide and ...
The "stand your ground" self-defense law has been in effect in Florida for over six years. The law is now associated with over 700 deaths.
Under the state’s stand-your-ground law, a person is allowed to use appropriate force if he feels his life or safety are in danger at a place he has the right to be. There is no duty to retreat.
Most U.S. jurisdictions have a stand-your-ground law [2] or apply what is known as the castle doctrine, whereby a threatened person need not retreat within his or her own dwelling or place of work. Sometimes this has been the result of court rulings that one need not retreat in a place where one has a special right to be. [ 3 ]
She also spoke in favor of strengthening the Stand Your Ground law with the intent of making it more fair and balanced. [ 20 ] Due to efforts by prison abolitionists such as Mariame Kaba and others to free Alexander, the organization Survived and Punished was created to free women who are incarcerated for defending themselves and their children ...
Since Martin’s death, his mother, Sybrina Fulton, has called for the repeal of "stand your ground" laws across the country. At least 28 states have some form of the law, according to the ...
Drejka, a 47-year-old man, was not initially charged for the killing by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, with Sheriff Bob Gualtieri citing Florida's stand-your-ground law as the reason. The investigation was then handed over to the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida State Attorney Bernie McCabe, who charged Drejka with one count of ...