Stand Your Ground Research Paper
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Florida’s stand your ground law, is it allowing criminals to get away with murder? I will be completely honest. Florida’s stand your ground law fails because it prevents convictions for violent assaults and murders. It is being used as a loophole and promotes vigilantism. I had no idea this law existed until the sad; and very controversial death of unarmed 17 year old Trayvon Martin. With all the media surrounding this tragic story it’s very hard not to read an article or listen to the news. A young man’s life cut short February 26, 2012 as he walked from a store with a package of skittles and iced tea, returning to the home of his father’s fiancé. The man who shot him a neighborhood watchman named George Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmerman called police to report a suspicious person walking through his neighborhood, police advised him they were on their way to not pursue him, but when police arrived at the scene Trayvon Martin was dead, killed by one gunshot wound to the chest, fired by George Zimmerman. We all know that there are two sides to every story. But under the circumstances in this case, we are left with only one side. The side of George Zimmerman, the other died along with 17 year old Trayvon Martin. George Zimmerman claims he …show more content…
Those states all have their own version of stand your ground. This law was passed to protect. Lawmakers need to take a harder look into this law, and not get rid of it, but make revisions. There needs to be limitations. This law can’t be allowed to be used to cover, or get away with other crimes. We do not live in a perfect world. We need to fight to protect the innocent. We need to protect women from domestic violence. We need to protect homeowners form intruders. We need to make sure criminals don’t use this law to get away with a drug transaction, or robbery gone
Florida’s stand your ground law, is it allowing criminals to get away with murder? I will be completely honest. Florida’s stand your ground law fails because it prevents convictions for violent assaults and murders. It is being used as a loophole and promotes vigilantism. I had no idea this law existed until the sad; and very controversial death of unarmed 17 year old Trayvon Martin. With all the media surrounding this tragic story it’s very hard not to read an article or listen to the news. A young man’s life cut short February 26, 2012 as he walked from a store with a package of skittles and iced tea, returning to the home of his father’s fiancé. The man who shot him a neighborhood watchman named George Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmerman called police to report a suspicious person walking through his neighborhood, police advised him they were on their way to not pursue him, but when police arrived at the scene Trayvon Martin was dead, killed by one gunshot wound to the chest, fired by George Zimmerman. We all know that there are two sides to every story. But under the circumstances in this case, we are left with only one side. The side of George Zimmerman, the other died along with 17 year old Trayvon Martin. George Zimmerman claims he …show more content…
Those states all have their own version of stand your ground. This law was passed to protect. Lawmakers need to take a harder look into this law, and not get rid of it, but make revisions. There needs to be limitations. This law can’t be allowed to be used to cover, or get away with other crimes. We do not live in a perfect world. We need to fight to protect the innocent. We need to protect women from domestic violence. We need to protect homeowners form intruders. We need to make sure criminals don’t use this law to get away with a drug transaction, or robbery gone