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Twixlen said:
Tampa Bay Times has compiled a pretty damn comprehensive list of fatal victims of Stand Your Ground in Florida, and the general details of each case. It makes for fascinating, and sometimes heartbreaking, reading...
An armed intruder that is shot by the homeowner is not a victim.
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I couldn't agree more with rus.
Here is an interesting story below....Notice the poll results in the Huffington Post article. Looks like 20% of the readers are pedophiles or pedophile supporters? I can't imagine a father NOT doing what this one did. Hopefully a jury has enough sense to acquit him. I just may riot if he gets convicted of homicide. Imagine that, if he were to be convicted in the same world where O.J. Simpson was acquitted.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-texas-beating-20120618,0,5653449.story
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Twixlen said:
Tampa Bay Times has compiled a pretty damn comprehensive list of fatal victims of Stand Your Ground in Florida, and the general details of each case. It makes for fascinating, and sometimes heartbreaking, reading...
I do not think you can blame the "stand your ground" law for many of these killings. Criminal defendants frequently try to raise every defense they can when prosecuted. One of there cases dealt with a little girl who was killed by a stray round fired during a gunfight between two drug dealers. Those fools would have had that gunfight with or without the "stand your ground" law.
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rus said:
An armed intruder that is shot by the homeowner is not a victim.
I'm not making a comment one way or the other regarding the cases, nor is the paper, I think - just that they searched under cases where "Stand Your Ground" had been used as a defense in various cases, with varying degrees of success.
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hugh59 said:
I do not think you can blame the "stand your ground" law for many of these killings. Criminal defendants frequently try to raise every defense they can when prosecuted. One of there cases dealt with a little girl who was killed by a stray round fired during a gunfight between two drug dealers. Those fools would have had that gunfight with or without the "stand your ground" law.
No doubt.
Like the case in Texas, there would still be child molesters. Why some people want to prosecute a father for preventing someone from raping his daughter is beyond me.
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George Zimmerman leaves Fla. jail, a day after judge set second bond at $1 million
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
PUBLISHED: FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2012, 3:01 PM
ORLANDO, Fla. — Neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman was released from jail Friday for a second time while he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman left the Seminole County Jail a day after Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester granted a $1 million bail with strict conditions. He wore a white shirt and dress jacket as he walked out.
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Trayvon Martin shooter will seek 'stand your ground' hearing that could lead to charges being dismissed
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Last Updated: 1:52 PM, August 9, 2012
MIAMI — George Zimmerman will seek to have second-degree murder charges dismissed under Florida's "stand your ground" law in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, his attorney said Thursday. The hearing, which likely won't take place for several months, will amount to a mini-trial involving much of the evidence collected by prosecutors as well as expert testimony from both sides. Although the posting did not say so, legal experts say it's likely that Zimmerman himself would testify since he is the sole survivor of the Feb. 26 confrontation.
READ MORE: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/george_zimmerman_attorneys_charges_xXlOwMQLqp6X0fzueHMdII
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