Fla. looks to expand controversial Stand Your Ground law …
Category: Stand Your Ground Law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- In Florida Monday, hundreds of protesters gathered at the state capitol, demanding changes in the Stand Your Ground law. The law allows a person to use deadly force to defend himself, even if retreat is possible.
Florida state Rep. Matt Gaetz
CBS News
"In Florida, we believe in robust self-defense laws, it's worked. It's created a 42-year crime low," said state Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Gaetz pointed to the case of Marissa Alexander. She was initially sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot at her abusive husband.
"I'm more interested in closing a loophole where someone would be punished more for missing with a bullet than they would be for striking someone with a bullet in a self-defense circumstance," Gaetz said.
Eleven states are considering bills to adopt or strengthen Stand Your Ground laws, but 12 states are deciding whether to weaken or repeal them.
Sybrina Fulton
CBS News
"I feel like there's no justice in Stand Your Ground law," Fulton told CBS News.
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