Posted on Jul 28, 2021
Fatal 2015 shooting of Tampa Navy SEAL tests ‘stand your ground’ defense
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The current and previous Hillsborough County state attorneys decided not to seek criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a Navy SEAL, citing the stand your ground law, but the judge in the family’s lawsuit offered a different opinion that set up another debate about the statute.
Tim Martin was 37 when he was killed outside The SoHo Backyard in South Tampa on November 29, 2015 after a fight over a girl with the restaurant’s co-owner Jeffrey Glenn.
Tim Martin was 37 when he was killed outside The SoHo Backyard in South Tampa on November 29, 2015 after a fight over a girl with the restaurant’s co-owner Jeffrey Glenn.
Fatal 2015 shooting of Tampa Navy SEAL tests ‘stand your ground’ defense
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The main problem with "stand your ground" laws is that absent video or eyewitnesses, the shooter can claim almost anything as a justification after the fact.
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why is it that someone almost always goes and gets a gun? if there were no weapons involved in the initial altercation and if there were no threats made (and there might have been), a gun is not needed. just walk away. both sides. do away with "stand your ground". make it so that you have a duty to retreat if possible. obviously the bar owner had this opportunity and did just that. he should have stopped there
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel A senseless death...
"“The family is not the only one frustrated. We see cases like this far too frequently where we are legally unable to prosecute violent and questionable conduct because of stand your ground,” Warren said. “And like so many others in the same situation, we are extremely frustrated that this misguided law obstructs our pursuit of justice.”
"“The family is not the only one frustrated. We see cases like this far too frequently where we are legally unable to prosecute violent and questionable conduct because of stand your ground,” Warren said. “And like so many others in the same situation, we are extremely frustrated that this misguided law obstructs our pursuit of justice.”
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