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comment by cliffelam
cliffelam  ·  4147 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You Are Not Trayvon Martin

Zimmerman did not use "stand your ground" in his defense.

Case law for self defense is pretty well established in every state - and differs.

http://rochester.ynn.com/content/top_stories/490926/jury-fin.../

Ten seconds on Bing and I find a black man in 2008 acquitted by a jury for shooting a young white guy.

It's not an uncommon thing.

-XC





steve  ·  4147 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That is a highly interesting case for this discussion. Thanks for digging it up.

It looks like there are a few key differences... Scott approached boys in the process of committing a crime. Zimmerman approached a boy in the process of walking home.

But still and interesting case and comparison.