Stand Your Ground

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August 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Lawyers for George Zimmerman, accused of second degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, will…
July 27, 2012
Right-wing public policy group American Legislative Exchange Council has lost its support from GM and Walgreens as well as a…
July 27, 2012
John McNeil has been in prison for five and half years after being found guilty on murder charges....
July 19, 2012
George Zimmerman was going to be interviewed by Barbara Walters, but apparently the shooter of Trayvon Martin demanded the network…
July 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Martin Luther King III, along with other supporters of Marisa Alexander, will hold a rally for her…
June 27, 2012
MIAMI (AP) - A man who won a controversial ruling under Florida's 'stand your ground' self-defense law has been fatally…
June 21, 2012
SANFORD, Florida (AP) — A newly released video shows a U.S. neighborhood watch volunteer standing at the scene of the…
June 18, 2012
HOUSTON (AP) - A retired Houston-area firefighter faces up to life in prison after a jury convicted him of murder…
June 12, 2012
LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A Florida task force will hold its first public meeting just miles from where 17-year-old Trayvon…
June 4, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A newspaper study finds that Florida's Stand Your Ground law is applied unevenly, depending on the race…
May 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Much of the media is now fixated on the pictures of the injuries George Zimmerman sustained on…
May 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Duval County, Florida prosecutor Angela Corey has something to say to those who have expressed outrage over…
May 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A judge on Friday sentenced a Jacksonville mother to 20 years in prison for firing a gun…
May 4, 2012
A judge denied Marissa Alexander a new trial this morning in a 2010 shooting that left no one dead or…
May 2, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Rick Scott has rejected a request from the Tampa mayor to prohibit the carrying…
April 25, 2012
SLIDESHOW - The killing of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watchman has brought the issue of 'Stand Your Ground' laws,…
April 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - To her family and supporters, Marissa Alexander is a woman who stood her ground...
April 23, 2012
(AP) - Advocacy group Common Cause said Monday it had filed an IRS complaint accusing ALEC of masquerading as a…
April 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday announced the composition of a task force to evaluate that state's…
April 19, 2012
OPINION - Is Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll the right person to lead a task force that will review Florida's…