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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (655974)	5/27/2012 1:30:49 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1583386

"I don't get how "Stand Your Ground" has anything to do with the Martin-Zimmerman case." We don't know what happened. However, it is easy to construct a scenario where both parties are fearful and even if they have other options, escalate to deadly force. These sort of laws encourage homicide. As to the exact interpretation of the law, there was that case in Florida where there was an attempted robbery, I believe, and the victim followed his attacker and stabbed him to death in front of a security camera. The judge threw the case out, citing the law. Apparently the law is gray enough so that even if you instigate an altercation, you still might legally be able to use deadly force. "Seems like a search on the web shows many media reports saying that Zimmerman is or will invoke "Stand Your Ground,"" He already did. Which is why the police didn't press charges. They had already concluded that Trayvon's death was avoidable.