Stand Your Ground used by violent criminals

A Tampa Bay Times investigation has found that Florida’s “stand your ground” law is being used in ways never imagined — to free gang members involved in shootouts, drug dealers beefing with clients and people who shot their victims in the back.
Defendants have invoked the law to excuse all manner of mischief, from minor fistfights to drug possession to killing an endangered species.

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