STAND YOUR GROUND… Lesson 6.03 Naomi Larkins English3 Word Count: 2‚281 Abstract Stand Your Ground is a look into how racism plays a role in our judicial system. This paper reflects on how literature can sometimes give you a closer glimpse into history than a textbook; the correlation between the trial of Tim Robinson in the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” and various trials throughout history that have led to convictions without physical evidence‚ that were based solely on lies through
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Copeland Ms.Abdullah Oral/Written Composition Effects Of The Current Stand Your Ground Law Michael Brown was an 18 year old African American teenager‚ who was fatally shot by Darren Wilson a white ferguson police officer. Darren wasn’t charged because of the Stand Your Ground law. A Stand Your Ground law is a law that authorizes a person to protect and defend one’s life and limb against threat or perceived threat. This law states that an individual has no duty to retreat from any place he or she
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The extent to which the Second Amendment applies and the particular laws that go hand in hand with it have long been contested by Americans. One of the more recent debates regarding it involves the Stand Your Ground laws. These laws outline that citizens have “No duty to retreat from the situation before resorting to deadly force; not limited to your property (home‚ office‚ etc.)” (“States That Have” Par. 3). These laws have been fiercely contested primarily due to the incident involving George
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Cons of Stand Your Ground Law The infamous George Zimmerman case has stirred the controversy around Stand Your Ground laws and brought these laws to the public light‚ becoming the subject of vigorous nationwide debates whether these laws should be repealed or not. Like many controversial legislative‚ Stand Your Ground laws have their critics and proponents‚ and both sides tend to make valid points in defense of their position. The goal of this paper is to show cons and pros of Stand Your Ground laws
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criminal justice issue that I plan to study is the Stand Your Ground Law. This paper will analyze the history of the Stand Your Ground Law and the NRA’s (National Rifle Association) involvement in getting this law passed in Florida as well as in other states. I will give statistics of how race plays a huge role in this law. The “Black Lives Matter” movement will also be discussed. Recommendations will be given to commissioner Bratton on what to do if these laws were to be passed in New York City. Background
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relating to Stand Your Ground cases conducted by the Tampa Bay Times found that more than half of the defendants won the cases. Many people believe that Stand Your Ground laws help lower crime rates since everyday citizens are empowered to serve their own justice. Other people believe that Stand Your Ground Laws are dangerous because they promote more violence since the statute allows for excessive and even deadly force. Although Stand Your ground laws can save lives‚ Stand Your Ground laws are more
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The Effects Of The Stand Your Ground Law ¨ Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege in other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in america ” ( wise) . This quote by Tim Wise explains what is happening today to our African American youth. They are dying everyday due to racism. The stand your ground law was created in 2005. This law is “so called” supposed to remove the duty to retreat before using force in self defense‚ but that’s not what
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crime because of laws allowing people to defend themselves and their homes‚ or any place they habitat when there is a threat to their safety. (Krey) Laws such as these have been brought into media attention recently with the Trayvon Martin and Justin Davis shootings in Florida. Even though the “Stand
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lectured‚ when we exercise our freedom. The stand your ground laws‚ hardly if ever have been demonstrated to apply to us‚ just against us. An Aurora woman facing felony firearm charges for firing warning shots at the gunman who killed her fiancé and father of her two children. In the Chicago tribes 26-year-old Ashley Harrison is getting convicted
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Whether or not the “stand your ground” laws should be kept has been a topic of debate for many years. “Stand your ground” is a given right for people to protect themselves in prevention of injury or death if they feel threatened. The “stand your ground” laws have been said to create a safer environment. If this is so‚ then why is there an increase in violence‚ and why do people feel even more threatened than before? The “stand your ground” laws should be challenged because the laws hard the community
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