WOMAN MURDERED- BEAUTIFUL WOMAN SHOT PUNK ATTEMPTS TO USE FLORIDA NEW STAND YOUR GROUND LAW
WOMAN MURDERED BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN FLORIDA IS SHOT AND KILLED THEN A ATTEMPTED SET UP (KNIFE PLANTED ON HER).JURY SAYS THAT DIDNT HAPPEN. . . . . . ...
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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) South Carolina's stand your ground law was enacted in 2006, but it does not address cases of criminal domestic violence. The recent stabbing death of a man involved in an argument with his girlfriend brought to light the gray area in the law.
Last week, A'Kara Edwards was released from jail on a $50,000 bond after police say she stabbed her boyfriend to death. Edwards was charged with murder, but the solicitor assigned to her case said those charges could be reduced or dropped because of South Carolina's stand your ground law.
ABC News 4 took a deeper look at how the state's Protection of Persons and Property Act impacts cases of deadly domestic violence.
The general law of self-defense applies across the board in South Carolina. It doesn't matter the relationship that you are in, said former South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon.
Condon says the laws for criminal domestic violence and the stand your ground law can sometimes conflict each other in the courtroom.
The policy is that when you are in a domestic relationship that violence should not have part, whatsoever in that relationship, said Condon. But we do have the law of self-defense. If someone is using violence and they happen to be in a domestic relationship, they still can avail themselves to the law of self-defense. Some might like to think or might have reservations about that being the case.
Condon says the laws become especially gray when one person in the dispute dies and there are no witnesses. If the suspect claims self-defense, the prosecution will have a difficult time proving otherwise.
If there's only one witness and that witness is credible, generally speaking, the prosecution will not be successful, Condon said. That's why this whole notion of plea negotiations comes into play. It may be wise for the state to offer a plea, a reduced charge that is so attractive to the defendant that he or she entertains or does in fact enter the plea.
Still, Condon says he believes investigators and prosecutors take an extreme amount of caution when working claims of self-defense.
I think by and large, most jurors and judges are suspicious and hold people to a higher standard if a life has been taken. They want to see that the elements of self-defense have been made. So, by and large, my current view is that the existing laws are adequate but certainly worth a review, Condon said.
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'Gray area' clouds state's stand your ground law
Stand Your Ground has become a ubiquitous phrase in Jacksonville since the trials of Michael Dunn and Marissa Alexander. On Thursday it was the focus during a town hall meeting at the studios of WJCT that included supporters and opponents of the controversial law.
The 2005 Stand Your Ground law removed the duty to retreat in Florida for those who believe their lives are in danger, allowed the use of deadly force and provided immunity from criminal prosecution or civil lawsuits.
Ron Davis and Lucia McBath, the parents of a slain Jacksonville teenager, spoke against Stand Your Ground at the start of the program Thursday.
We know this law is not a good law, McBath said. It does not protect citizens as it was designed to.
Dunn, the man charged with killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis, never claimed Stand Your Ground. But Ron Davis said it may have led Dunn to think he could shoot his son. Also, Stand Your Ground permeated the case because it was in the jury instructions.
Co-host of the town hall meeting Melissa Ross of WJCT pointed out that polls show the majority of Floridians support Stand Your Ground. But Davis said most people dont understand the law.
The law says you have a right to stand your ground if you have a reasonable fear for your life. But whats reasonable to one person isnt reasonable to another, he said.
And the law encourages confrontations by removing the duty to retreat, Davis said.
McBath also said shes trying to put a human face on Stand Your Ground by traveling around the country and speaking about her son.
A lot of people are very removed from the law, she said. They need to see the faces of people who are affected by it.
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Parents of Jordan Davis bash Stand Your Ground law during Jacksonville town hall
3 We watched it here on Channel 4...a town hall meeting over the controversial stand your ground law. Broadcast simultaneously on channel 4 and our news partner WJCT... people from various sides of the debate had a chance to speak their mind. Channel 4's Scott Johnson brings us details of what was said tonight. He joins us live. 3 25-301'00-1'05 some came on tonight to defend stand your ground... while others want to see the law go ... a broad variety of perspectives come on channel 4 tonight to discuss the controversial law that has been at the center of so many high profile cases as of late... from the mariss alexander case to the George Zimmerman trial to the shooting death of Jordan Davis by Michael Dunn. In fact Jordan's father Ron Davis... one of the people on tonight's panel... feels the law needs to change. RON DAVIS 12:23:57 - because it wants the jury and judge to look at mind of shooter and you can't look at somebody's heart and mind, yo uhave to look at facts and what witnesses are testifying to. You can't go into someone's mind and make life or death decision based on that.while davis wants the law re-written some critics tonight just want the law thrown out altogether. But Cord Byrd is a local gun rights attorney who points to two controversial cases... that of george zimmerman and michael dunn... he says neither used stand your ground as a defense... just typical self defense laws and the pbulic needs to remember that. CORD BYRD/GUN RIGHTS ATTORNEY 12:28:27 - neither of those cases had anything to do with stand your ground. So if we're gonna' have debate over law then we need to have the debate over how the law's applied to real self defense case and not 2 instances cited by opponents. 3
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