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'Stand your ground' law increases legal challenges
Martin's shooting has unleashed a nationwide debate on the validity of these laws, which exist in some form in most of the country and which prosecutors and police have generally opposed as confusing, prone to abuse by criminals, and difficult to apply
Updated: 04/15/2012 03:11A
"Stand your ground" law gives Zimmerman advantages not available to other
Martin's shooting has unleashed a nationwide debate on the validity of these laws, which exist in some form in most of the country and which prosecutors and police have generally opposed as confusing, prone to abuse by criminals, and difficult to apply
Updated: 04/15/2012 03:07A
Zimmerman has options
Martin's shooting has unleashed a nationwide debate on the validity of these laws, which exist in some form in most of the country and which prosecutors and police have generally opposed as confusing, prone to abuse by criminals, and difficult to apply
Updated: 04/15/2012 03:04A
Leading British Muslim leader faces war crimes charges in Bangladesh
Bangladesh's Law and Justice Minister, Shafique Ahmed, said: "He was an instrument of killing intellectuals. He will be charged, for sure." For 25 years after independence from Britain, the country now known as Bangladesh was part of Pakistan,
Updated: 04/15/2012 03:01A
Free legal aid extended here
Kudat: Every Malaysian arrested by police and remanded by the court for any criminal offence is now entitled to free legal aid or service from a lawyer, said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk VK Liew.
Updated: 04/15/2012 02:57A
Law provides Zimmerman additional chances in legal fight
It's added extra chances for people who use lethal force to keep their freedom that defendants accused of other crimes don't get. While the states that have passed “stand your ground” laws continue to model them loosely after Florida's — Pennsylvania,
Updated: 04/15/2012 02:51A
NRA no longer silent on Trayvon Martin, Florida's Stand Your Ground law
The case has drawn new attention to laws like the one invoked by Zimmerman that give people broad rights to use deadly force in self-defense. The NRA supports such laws, which are in effect in about 30 states. 10 News spoke with high-profile criminal
Updated: 04/15/2012 02:17A
Law gives shooter extra chances in court
Martin's shooting has unleashed a nationwide debate about the validity of these laws, which exist in some form in most of the country and which prosecutors and police generally have opposed as confusing, prone to abuse by criminals and difficult to
Updated: 04/15/2012 02:06A
Florida killing will test limits of self-defense
Martin's shooting has unleashed a nationwide debate on the validity of these laws, which exist in some form in most of the country and which prosecutors and police generally have opposed as confusing, prone to abuse by criminals and difficult to apply
Updated: 04/15/2012 02:04A
As concealed permits rise, experts stress training, knowledge of gun laws
“The concealed weapons permit allows you to carry it, it doesn't allow you to use it,” said Jon Gutmacher, an National Rifle Association-certified firearms instructor and Orlando criminal defense attorney. “You still have to know the law and what you
Updated: 04/15/2012 01:18A
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