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On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > > On 7/14/13 9:12 AM, Greg McDonald wrote: > >> The Stand your ground law seems to differ from strict castle doctrine. >> >> http://www.ncsl.org/issues-**research/justice/self-defense-** >> and-stand-your-ground.aspx<http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/justice/self-defense-and-stand-your-ground.aspx> >> >> "Florida’s law states “a person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity >> and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be >> has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and >> meet force with force, including deadly force, if he or she reasonably >> believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to >> himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible >> felony.” >> > > This would make sense only if Trayvon Martin was stalking Zimmerman, not > the other way around. > > > > Stalking is not attacking. The defense obviously established that Zimmerman may have exercised poor judgement, but he was not engaged in any illegal activity when he found himself lying on the ground with Martin astride. Again, the facts surrounding the altercation seem unclear, thus the defense was able to establish doubt in the minds of the jurors, who, being all white, were obviously inclined to give the defendant the benefit of said doubt. Greg ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
