Stand Your Ground: Lawful Right to Kill or Self-Defense Gone Awry?
Document Type
Conference Session
Publication Date
2-19-2014
Abstract
On July 13, 2013, George Zimmerman was acquitted of shooting an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, as he was walking in his father's neighborhood. Zimmerman pursued Trayvon because he assumed the hoodie-clad teenager was up to no good. Florida and 21 other states have "Stand Your Ground" or similar laws that allow someone with a reasonable fear of great bodily harm or death to use lethal force even if retreating from danger is an option. Was the jury's decision correct according to Florida law? Or did a travesty of justice occur?
Conference/Symposium
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Annual Meeting
City/State
Philadelphia, PA
Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Recommended Citation
Kerker, S. (2014, February 18-22). Stand your ground: Lawful right to kill or self-defense gone awry? [Conference session]. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
