http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/justice-for-trayvon/ Sun, 19 May 2013 21:30:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/justice-for-trayvon/#comment-29858 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:23:30 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=17164#comment-29858 I liked this article, which touches on a number of important points. On the statutory analysis, though, I think you should also focus on Section 776.032 (which I also missed in my initial writeup of this incident here: http://blackbooklegal.blogspot.com/2012/03/trayvon-martin-stand-your-ground-vs.html ). That section gives a defendant immunity from criminal prosecution, civil action, and even arrest. To get around the immunity, the police must have probable cause to believe the use of force was unlawful, which is the point I explore in my post. But I think that, although the 776.013 analysis weighs in favor of prosecution, the 776.032 analysis tips the other way (though not conclusively, and as I note, hinges on the meaning of the word “unlawful”). The studies you cite near the end of this article are all very good reasons the Stand Your Ground statute, and ones like it, should, at a minimum, be re-examined.

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