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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 ...
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 ...
A Florida court has dismissed charges against a 78-year-old man who shot and killed his neighbor’s son, following a 2023 incident where the victim was allegedly trimming tree limbs along the ...
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.
The incident was widely reported by news media as another instance of Florida's stand-your-ground law, and generated significant attention and protests because Drejka was white and McGlockton was black with similarities to the killing of Trayvon Martin six years prior which generated international attention and debate. [3]
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 ...
Arkansas Gov signed stand your ground by statute: 22:08, 4 January 2021: 959 × 593 (97 KB) EugeneVolokh: Updated Ohio to reflect new statute. 03:00, 25 November 2020: 959 × 593 (97 KB) HapHaxion: minor coding fix: 15:23, 1 September 2020: 959 × 593 (97 KB) EugeneVolokh
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.