• A stand-your-ground law, sometimes called a "line in the sand" or "no duty to retreat" law, provides that people may use deadly force when they reasonably...
    49 KB (6,111 words) - 09:36, 27 March 2024
  • up stand-your-ground law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stand Your Ground may refer to: Stand Your Ground (Little Barrie album), 2006 Stand Your Ground...
    1 KB (167 words) - 09:30, 29 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Duty to retreat
    minimal time period of safe retreat. Most U.S. jurisdictions have a stand-your-ground law or apply what is known as the castle doctrine, whereby a threatened...
    7 KB (884 words) - 08:15, 14 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Killing of Markeis McGlockton
    Killing of Markeis McGlockton (category Stand-your-ground law)
    County Sheriff's Office, with Sheriff Bob Gualtieri citing Florida's stand-your-ground law as the reason. The investigation was then handed over to the Sixth...
    143 KB (10,386 words) - 20:37, 13 May 2024
  • no evidence to refute his claim of self-defense, and Florida's stand-your-ground law prohibited them from arresting or charging him. After national media...
    71 KB (6,465 words) - 19:19, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brady Campaign
    so-called military-style assault weapons. In May 2005, Florida passed a stand-your-ground law that authorized persons attacked in any place they were lawfully...
    24 KB (2,296 words) - 16:48, 18 March 2024
  • restrictions on such weapons. Some states have enacted castle doctrine or stand-your-ground laws, which provide a legal basis for individuals to use deadly force...
    13 KB (4,194 words) - 03:21, 16 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Killing of Trayvon Martin
    Killing of Trayvon Martin (category Stand-your-ground law)
    from prosecution based on the stand your ground law. However, as required by the stand your ground provision of the law, during the trial the judge instructed...
    255 KB (23,294 words) - 04:03, 16 May 2024
  • Death of Chad Oulson (category Stand-your-ground law)
    Reeves. In 2017, Reeves' legal team attempted to use Florida's stand-your-ground law as the basis of his defense, which was initially rejected by the...
    11 KB (805 words) - 21:11, 24 October 2023
  • and Stand-your-Ground Law". Connecticut General Assembly. The State of Connecticut. Retrieved June 2, 2018. The Castle Doctrine and "stand-your-ground" laws...
    92 KB (5,859 words) - 14:00, 2 June 2024
  • "Florida Stand Your Ground Law | Use of Deadly Force in Self-Defense". Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-07-29. "Florida 'stand your ground'...
    57 KB (7,655 words) - 22:37, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Joe Schilling
    negligence, on account of Florida's controversial "stand your ground" law. Florida's "stand your ground" law has been directly linked to an increase in violent...
    68 KB (5,033 words) - 17:21, 26 May 2024
  • by claiming self-defense. Perry's defense claimed that Texas's stand-your-ground law protected him legally and that he had feared for his life, after...
    26 KB (2,359 words) - 02:01, 3 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gun laws in Florida
    "stand your ground" law. As of October 1, 2005, Florida became a "No Duty to Retreat" (i.e., Stand Your Ground) state. Florida Castle Doctrine law establishes...
    25 KB (2,472 words) - 20:56, 6 May 2024
  • J. C. Nicholson (category University of South Carolina School of Law alumni)
    'stand your ground' law in domestic disputes at home". The Post and Courier. Marcotte, Amanda (October 15, 2014). "South Carolina Says 'Stand Your Ground'...
    9 KB (943 words) - 21:35, 8 January 2024
  • deregulation. Stand-your-ground laws expanded to 30 states through the support of ALEC, after Florida passed its law in 2005. After the Florida law had been...
    116 KB (10,874 words) - 16:32, 6 May 2024
  • Murder of Jordan Davis (category Race and law in the United States)
    on the Florida Supreme Court rejected Dunn's appeal based on the stand-your-ground law in Florida. Dunn and his fiancée Rhonda Rouer traveled from their...
    31 KB (2,929 words) - 00:47, 30 May 2024
  • Trial of George Zimmerman (category 2013 in American law)
    Under Florida law, the use of deadly force against an attacker is permissible in certain situations. The adoption of the Stand Your Ground law in 2005 modified...
    174 KB (19,208 words) - 03:41, 16 May 2024
  • Tolkien into moving close enough to shoot him in accordance with the stand-your-ground law. At school, Cartman is sent to Mackey's office along with a bandaged...
    9 KB (1,034 words) - 15:15, 5 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gun laws in Idaho
    compliance with all federal regulations. Stand-your-ground was passed in 2018. Previously, stand-your-ground was the law in practice based on jury instructions...
    11 KB (967 words) - 22:47, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Riverview murders
    basis of Florida's stand-your-ground law. However, the judge rejected this request, finding Ronnie III ineligible for a stand-your-ground defense. On June...
    11 KB (1,095 words) - 06:35, 31 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for King Von
    August 2023, charges were dropped against Leeks under Georgia's “stand-your-groundlaw. On November 14, 2020, King Von was buried in Chicago, Illinois...
    67 KB (6,259 words) - 19:50, 31 May 2024
  • episode was originally produced under the title "Stand Your Brown", a play on the stand-your-ground law and Cleveland's last name Brown. In the episode...
    7 KB (843 words) - 13:00, 5 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marissa Alexander case
    source, Alexander had fired the warning shot because of Florida's stand-your-ground law, a law that allows self-defense, such as lethal force, in life-threatening...
    16 KB (1,436 words) - 02:07, 25 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Matt Gaetz
    Matt Gaetz (category William & Mary Law School alumni)
    received national attention for defending Florida's controversial "stand-your-ground law". In 2016, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives,...
    225 KB (18,851 words) - 15:41, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rachel Wade
    rival over Camacho. The defense argued self-defense under Florida's Stand Your Ground law. Wade's attorney, Jay Hebert, stated that Ludemann was very upset...
    15 KB (1,568 words) - 11:06, 5 May 2024
  • to his House colleagues, as part of a discussion concerning the stand-your-ground law. After a widespread outcry, Hansen initially said the controversy...
    3 KB (142 words) - 18:57, 2 March 2024
  • many of Florida's gun laws, including the 2005 Stand your ground law. Florida's laws have led to the enactment of similar laws across the United States...
    43 KB (4,874 words) - 22:24, 13 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Gun laws in Illinois
    and black powder guns are considered firearms. Illinois has no stand-your-ground law, but there is also no duty to retreat. The use of force is justified...
    86 KB (8,461 words) - 19:04, 31 March 2024
  • reevaluation of the Stand Your Ground rules, along with potential clarification on the rule. A law professor at William and Mary Law School indicated when...
    9 KB (1,061 words) - 13:50, 11 January 2024