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Sources Roland00 Send a noteboard - 19/07/2013 12:35:39 PM

The only reason I entered the discussion was that I corrected a factually incorrect comment. Stand Your Ground was involved in the case, it may not be involved in the defenses arguments but the judge did instruct the jury.

I am not arguing my opinions vs your opinions and everyone opinions of this case for I am emotionally weary of it. Humans can not create a system of restorative justice, when a person dies they die and we can't change that. The only type of justice we can perform on this planet is a retributive justice system, an eye for an eye. Yet under such a system we will not take the second eye unless we are absolutely sure, if their is reasonable doubt we will not perform our retribution. There was reasonable doubt in this case and thus we performed the closest thing to justice humankind can do in this world.

The trial is over, it is time to move on, and I will not argue it any further.

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Sources
Page 11/12 of 27 of the Jury Instructions deals use the use of deadly force and how George Zimmerman had no duty to retreat. The Judge brought it into the case even if the defense attornies did not.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/153354467/George-Zimmerman-Trial-Final-Jury-Instructions

Here is the juror on Anderson 360 talking about why she made the decision she did, and how stand your ground was involved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5_COGDTgyw

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Okay, how can you use the Trayvon Martin case AGAINST the stand-your-ground laws? - 17/07/2013 10:15:55 PM 948 Views
You forgot to mention that Zimmerman didn't actaully use a stand your ground defense *NM* - 18/07/2013 02:03:51 AM 309 Views
the judge included it in the instructions to the jury - 19/07/2013 04:37:43 AM 507 Views
I love the let me say my piece then end the convesation tactic - 19/07/2013 11:50:02 AM 491 Views
Sources - 19/07/2013 12:35:39 PM 620 Views
so she did - 19/07/2013 01:08:08 PM 478 Views
um, when did the collegiate sports organization get involved in politics? - 18/07/2013 08:17:24 PM 846 Views
I imagine he meant to type NAACP. *NM* - 18/07/2013 08:25:26 PM 253 Views
It's a combination of even more guns in circulation and no duty to retreat if you feel threatened - 18/07/2013 09:13:47 PM 471 Views
blacks are incarcerated at a higher rate because they commit crime at a higher rate - 19/07/2013 04:31:06 AM 502 Views
[citation needed] - 19/07/2013 06:12:04 PM 442 Views
Don't be tedious, such a claim is unprovable but also the most logical inference - 19/07/2013 07:10:22 PM 500 Views
If logic says so, then obviously that must be the only course of action possible.... - 19/07/2013 07:44:44 PM 570 Views
Um, how'd you get that out of my remarks? - 19/07/2013 08:48:09 PM 466 Views
Honestly, I feel like we are getting into some dangerous territory here - 24/07/2013 06:25:15 PM 546 Views
I wonder what we can call the racism version of Godwinning. - 24/07/2013 07:01:20 PM 474 Views
Reductio ad Racism maybe? *NM* - 24/07/2013 08:16:28 PM 220 Views
We? I don't feel I'm in dangerous territory at all - 24/07/2013 08:10:24 PM 415 Views
lets look at your numbers becuase they are interesting - 20/07/2013 03:25:31 PM 465 Views

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