Stand Your Ground

Diamond Crenshaw Professor Roost VPA 192 MW 31 October 2013 Stand Your Ground impartiality Liberty cannot be preserved with step forward general knowlight-emitting diodege among the people. -John Adams As numerous of you are aware approximately the Traywon Martin / George Zimmerman story as well as Marissa Alexander on going story and both final Judgments so I became very curious more or less the Stand Your Ground law. In todays society, m all young people especially minorities like me who arent aware ab by m any laws that could genuinely prevent a harsh Judgment if not any sentencing at all. Stand your round law originally branching off from an new(prenominal) familiar law the Castle doctrine.The Castle Doctrine acts as a self-protection law especially designed for those with theatres. If an individualistic experience an intrusion while home they may act in the best possible way of protecting themselves and cannot be aerated with any crime. The stand your landed e responsi bility law was to help those who entangle the need to spud actions into their own hands during tragic and horrific situations. In some looks, citizens snarl death was a last resort and they should not be penalized for self-defense. In 2005 (Octoberl, to be exact), Florida was the first state to pass a law where you could override (go against) the duty to retreat.The duty to retreat is if a person who may be faced with existing danger, they are to retreat (step def annihilate) before using any violence. Stand your cornerstone also provide immunity (exception) from being prosecuted or entire ravel all together, in most states. Since 2005, 25 other states develop also passed this law which are mostly the mid-western and southern and led by Republicans. States with stand your round law condones someone using throw before stepping back and no arrest can be do unless there is evidence proving otherwise. Meanwhile every state has their own variant of this law, Floridas goes to extreme measures.In Florida, this law could be applied to you in any purlieu in that state unlike in Wisconsin this law does not filter out to public areas. In North Carolina, its illegal to use a baleful force to a man of the law, landlords and bail bondsman but in South Carolina you can however apply this law if the person wasnt meshed in illegal activity. In February 2012, Traywon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman who was a neighborhood watchman. Traywon Martin was an strip 17 year old boy who was Just walking home from a local store when he was stopped by Zimmerman who felt Traynvon was up to no good.Zimmerman was taken into custody after being inured for head injuries where he was questioned about the incident for five hours. The police point released Zimmerman stating that he had a right to defend himself with excessive force and by the Stand Your Ground law he was to release Zimmerman immediately. As this case was heard about throughout the country, great deal o f media coverage, and protests Florida decided to happen upon a full investigation. About six weeks after the shooting, Zimmerman was finally arrested and charged with murder and if found guilty he was tone at keep without any parole.Trial began on June 10, 2013 and after manslaughter charges. The Juries believe Zimmerman was acting in self-defense and there no injustice present. Zimmerman suffered from a fractured nose and injuries on the back of the head. Zimmerman defense team stated due to Martins taller rame and stamina, he had to act in such a violent way. Traywon Martin was 51 1, 185 pounds who played football at his local high school meanwhile George Zimmerman who was 28 years old at the time was 58 and 200 pounds.One day after the verdict, the NAACP started a petition intercommunicate the Justice department to open a civil rights case against George Zimmerman. In Just a few hours, over 130,000 people signed the petition. lawyer General Eric Holder said the Department of Justice was currently looking into opening a civil rights case and also criticized the stand your ground law. One month after the verdict was read, one of the Jurors spoke out and stated she felt in her heart that Zimmerman was guilty and now she regretted her picking.She also stated that the Judge reminded the Jury when deciding on a sentence to use the evidence at hand and not on sympathy for the family. Nonviolent rallies have been held in over 100 cities about racial profiling. Marissa Alexander is also a victim of the stand your ground law. She is currently serving 20 years for shooting warning shots to her estrange husband who was abusive to her during and after her pregnancy ack in 2010. The mother of 3 had no prior record before the shooting. Alexander went back to her prior home that she thought was deserted to retrieve some of her belongings where she end up arguing with her husband.In the mist of the argument, her husband chased her into her to the bathroom where she locked herself in for protection. Her husband broke down the door, grabs her and slams her head into the bathroom door. Somehow she was fit to break aside from him and immediately ran pass his two young sons and out of the home. She realizes that she eft her car keys inside the home so she retrieves her licensed natural gas. As she re-entered the home, she fire a warning shot into the wall that ricochet into the ceiling.The court rise her from using the stand your ground law because they believe she fired the torpedo with intentions of harming her husband as well as she had the opportunity to get away once she got outside the house. The children were also present during the ordeal and couldVe been harmed as well. In the state of Florida theres a law called 10-20 Life which was passed in 1999 whereas anyone who uses he gun in the commission of certain felonies gets an automatic 10 years in prison, if you fire the gun an automatic 20 years and if you shoot and insult someone yo u get 25 years to life.Marissa Alexander not only was stripped away her rights of using the stand your ground for acting in self-defense but she was charged with aggravated assault with a pernicious weapon and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. In September 2013, the territorial dominion Court of Appeals for Florida decided to grant Marissa Alexander a new trial since the previous Judge did not properly instruct the Jury on what is onsidered as self-defense.Many politicians including Senator John McCain have stated l can also see that the stand your ground law may be something that necessitate to be reviewed by the Florida general assembly or any other Legislature where a lot of people are starting to disagree. So what have we learned from Stand Your Ground law? Its okay to kill a young teen who looks suspect because hes wearing a oversized hoodie and when you actually act in self-defense with nobody being harmed you are tranquillize used the same in every state and in the st ate of Florida this law needs major adjustments.