Stand Your Ground Law: The Case Of Trayvon Martin's Case

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Shooting innocents just by the way they dress or walking it’s a disgrace in our country. In the case of Trayvon Martin he was shoot on February 26, 2012 just because he was wearing a hoody and he was black. George Zimmerman the man that killed him said that he acted in self-defends. What would a 17 year old have done that Zimmerman acted in self-defends? I disagree George Zimmerman acted in self-defense and I feel there is something wrong with the stand your ground law. He already had previous problems with his ex wives and ex girlfriends. Stand your ground law is a self-defense law that authorize a person to protect and defend one’s own life. Only few states in the U.S including Florida (2005) pass this law. On April 30, 2013 George Zimmerman waives his rights to a “stand your ground” pretrial immunity hearing as CNN states. His attorneys decides to try this as a “self-defends’ case. Judge will have to decide if his actions were protected under the …show more content…

He turned his self in plead guilty of killing Trayvon and then he pleads not guilty. On April 20 he turns him self in and pleads guilty and the bail was at 150,00. Three days later he releases from bail at 12:05am, later enters a written that he’s not guilty. He keeps going back and forward on this case making the case worthless. On June 3 he was taken in custody. His wife was arrested and her charges were perjury. He pointed a gun to his wife and her father. I feel that this isn’t a normal act for someone to do. Zimmerman had to take anger management classes and had a restraining order. I detect this is a control theory. Control theory is someone is dealing with behavior of dynamical system with imputs. He behavior that he had with his wife, her dad, his girlfriend and Trayvon was pulling out his gun and one of them was killed. He had a lot of issues and still that wasn’t enough to charge him for a killing that I sense it wasn’t

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