Zimmerman

Booman Tribune ~ A Progressive Community:

I guess legally the case was hard to prove. With no witnesses and only one survivor, no one really knows what happened but it seems Zimmerman should had been guilty of something. I mean, if he hadn't been out on watch that night and hadn't pressed the issue no one would be dead. He clearly instigated a situation that ended in a death.

Let's assume a slightly different situation. Assume that all the known facts of the case remain the same except that Zimmerman had not had the gun. He confronts Martin on the street in the way that it appeared he did. A fight ensues and Zimmerman ends up beating Martin to death. Would he have been guilty of anything? What if Martin had beaten Zimmerman to death? Would he have been guilty murder? Would Martin have been acquitted on the stand your ground law?

It's looks to me like the "stand your ground" law gives a gun user an edge in court that he would not have had, had the gun not be present. Can you "Stand your ground" if you don't have a gun?


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