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'Stand Your Ground Law' at center of Trayvon Martin shooting
MIAMI (AP) — Florida is among 21 states with a “Stand Your Ground Law,” which gives people wide latitude to use deadly force rather than retreat during a fight. The self-defense law helps explain why a...
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Allen West: 'George Zimmerman had no authorization to take action against...
Rep. Allen West says that self-appointed neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman had no authorization to take action against the 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The events that lead to Martin’s death have...
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Trayvon Martin: 'Stand Your Ground' law at center of botched case
Over the course of 24 years, Miami defense attorney Tony Moss has tried dozens of cases, including more than a dozen homicides. But he said he’s never seen anything like the investigation into the...
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Tyler Perry posts account of racial profiling to his personal Facebook page
Tyler Perry recently posted a detailed account to his personal Facebook page of his last experience being racial profiled by the police. In his statement, he recalls being pulled over by two white...
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ALEC and AUL: Buying our democracy at wholesale
When Republicans took over state legislatures and the US Congress in 2010, we were promised a war on unemployment. Instead we’ve gotten a war on the environment, women, minorities, unions and...
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Black Caucus members write resolution calling for repeal of all 'Stand Your...
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are proposing a House resolution that calls for further investigation into the shooting of Trayvon Martin, and the repeal of “Stand Your Ground” laws in states...
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Coca-Cola cuts ties with ALEC, the group behind 'Stand Your Ground'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coca-Cola Co. has terminated its relationship with a conservative group seen by some as an incubator for a string of new state voter ID laws and a marketer of laws like Florida’s...
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Trayvon Martin case: Florida task force told 'stand your ground' law confusing
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A task force examining Florida’s “stand your ground” self-defense law was told Thursday that the Trayvon Martin shooting is one example of the law’s ambiguity and the...
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Bloomberg says he’ll push to overturn ‘Stand Your Ground’
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, who describes ‘Stand Your Ground’ as a “shoot first” law, is scheduled to appear at a press conference today in Washington D.C., where he’ll announce his campaign...
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Will Trayvon Martin make Obama take a tougher stand on gun control?
The tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Trayvon Martin have been understandably polarized around issues of racism, racial profiling and inequities inherent in the American criminal justice...
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ALEC, conservative group, changes focus amid Trayvon Martin backlash
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A conservative organization that helped spread a Florida law that allows people to use deadly force rather than retreat when they feel threatened said Tuesday that it was...
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ALEC’s retreat on ‘Stand Your Ground’ is a victory for the activist movement
The controversial organization behind “Stand Your Ground” and voter ID laws around the country is backing down on social issues, signaling a victory for the progressive activist movement opposing it....
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Jennifer Carroll: Can Florida’s lieutenant gov lead fight to reform ‘Stand...
Is Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll the right person to lead a task force that will review Florida’s “Stand Your Ground Law”? Carroll is a lifetime member of the NRA, which wrote the law that gave...
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Florida governor announces ‘Stand Your Ground’ task force
Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday announced the composition of a task force to evaluate that state’s Stand Your Ground law. The law has received fresh attention because of the fatal shooting of...
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Advocacy group Common Cause files IRS complaint against ALEC
Advocacy group files IRS complaint against ALEC Advocacy group Common Cause said Monday it had filed an IRS complaint accusing ALEC of masquerading as a public charity. ALEC is formed as a nonprofit...
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Marissa Alexander case exposes ambiguity of ‘Stand Your Ground’ law
To her family and supporters, Marissa Alexander is a woman who stood her ground. When she fired a warning shot over the head of her husband, she and her family members say it was to prevent another...
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The 10 most infamous ‘Stand Your Ground’ cases
The killing of Trayvon Martin by a self-appointed neighborhood watchman has brought the issue of “Stand Your Ground” laws, which started in Florida in 2005 and now are on the books in some form in 18...
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Gov. Rick Scott: No downtown gun ban for GOP convention
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott has rejected a request from the Tampa mayor to prohibit the carrying of guns in downtown during the Republican National Convention this summer because it...
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Judge denies Marissa Alexander new trial despite ‘Stand Your Ground’
A judge denied Marissa Alexander a new trial this morning in a 2010 shooting that left no one dead or injured. Her case drew renewed interest since her attempt to use the “Stand Your Ground” defense...
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Marissa Alexander sentenced to 20 years in prison
A judge sentenced a Jacksonville mother to 20 years in prison on Friday, for firing a gun over the head of her husband, who she claimed physically abused her. Marissa Alexander, 31, testified that Rico...
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