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Stand Your Ground Doctrine
Jalynn Jureczki
Come at Me Broski
Individual Policy Report 1: Texas Castle Doctrine “Stand Your Ground” Due: February 2, 2016
I. Introduction
According to Texas law, it is legal to use deadly force, as long as that you acted reasonably and were justified in using force or deadly force, this law is known as “Stand Your Ground” (Texas Law Shield, 2016). Therefore, in order for you to be convicted of any crime, a prosecutor would have to overcome this presumption in order to prove that you did not act reasonably (Texas Law Shield, 2016).
II. Rationale and Intent for Texas’ Policy
The Texas law, “Stand Your Ground” states that a person may use deadly force in a reasonable self-defense situation, without the need to retreat when a threat presumes itself (US News and World Report, 2016). The positive outcome the law was enacted to accomplish was to give the right to the people to defend themselves, family or property by using this law for self-defense (Texas Stand your Ground Law exp).
III. Consequences of Texas’ Policy
Sources indicate that the law of stand your ground does not fulfill its intended objective, as a matter of fact the only outcomes that seem to be present are all negative. A study from Texas A&M showed that the
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These states include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia. For example Georgia is similar to Texas as their stand your ground law states, in defense of your property you may use force or deadly force for self-defense (States that Have Stand your Ground Law, 2016). Similar to Texas, Georgia’s homicide and injury rate increased significantly due to the law being put into play (Effect on Crime

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