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Beyond The George Zimmerman Trial: The Duty To Retreat And Those Who Contribute To Their Own Need To Use Deadly Self-Defense, Alon Lagstein
Beyond The George Zimmerman Trial: The Duty To Retreat And Those Who Contribute To Their Own Need To Use Deadly Self-Defense, Alon Lagstein
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Many critics have accused Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law of helping George Zimmerman get away with the murder of Trayvon Martin by allowing him to cause the very confrontation in which he ended Martin's life. This paper explores how American law treats defendants who have contributed to their own need to use deadly self-defense. This paper concludes that the duty to retreat, or lack thereof, is not the deciding factor in whether such defendants are allowed to claim self-defense.