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cases in the state of florida i believe it is and their outcomes
they come from media reports court documents
and interviews with prosecutors and defense attorneys impossible to get
really
good data on this
they don't uh... cops and prosecutors don't necessarily keep ah...
very specific records when they decide
uh... not to prosecute
and nobody keeps track of how many stand your ground motions have been filed but
here's a couple of the findings
those who invoke stand your ground to avoid prosecution
seventy percent of time they go free
seventy percent of the time
to keep that in mind
here in florida
r_n_c_ convention could be very ugly
defendants claiming
understand too of course uh...
if you uh... stand your ground on the basis of the first amendment
not the same rights
defendants claiming standard ground are more likely to prevail
if the victim
is
who knew
seventy three percent of those killed
uh... of those who killed a black person faced no penalty compared to fifty nine
percent of those who killed the wife
i'm sure that's just a coincidence
the number of cases is increasing
largely because defense attorneys apparently
are using the defense more often
and they're using and ways of course that the uh...
the idiots who pass this law never envisioned
defense has been invoked in dozens of cases with minor no injuries it's also
been used
by a self-described vampire
in pinellas county am i am a man arrested with a single marijuana should
be the cigarette he fort myers homeowner shot a bear and a west palm beach jogger
who beat ajak russel terrier
and apparently depending on who decided their cases
pending on the uh...
jed whether to judge or jury
some drug dealers claiming self defense and donna prison while others have been
set free
so there it is folks
brought to you by a alec
stand your ground
may be coming to a state near you
particularly if you live in the south