While supporters have claimed '‘stand your ground' laws promote safety, many researchers argue the opposite. “There is ample evidence that the laws actually have led to more violence,' an expert on the laws told jaweedkaleem.
In the space of a single week, four young, unarmed Americans were shot afterIn a country home to the most armed populace on Earth, where fear of violent crime often reflects spin rather than statistics, and where “stand your ground” laws proliferate, a simple mistake can turn deadly.Experts say the high-profile incidents highlight fast-moving and unique cultural and legal trends in the U.S.
“As a nation, we are moving faster and faster in this direction where people think they have the right to shoot anyone who approaches them in any way while falsely believing we’re under increased danger,” said Thaddeus Hoffmeister, a criminal law professor at the University of Dayton. “In reality, things are much different.”after one accidentally got in his vehicle — thinking it was her own — before she panicked, exited and got back into her friend’s car.
On Saturday, a 20-year-old woman and three friends were traveling to a friend’s home in upstate New York when they went down the wrong driveway. After they turned around, aOn April 13, a mother in Kansas City, Mo., sent her 16-year-old son to pick up his younger brothers. The boy,, showed up at the wrong address and rang the doorbell. He was shot twice, once in the head.
According to the family’s lawyer, the man told the teenager, “Don’t come back around here.” He has since beenIn Texas, 25-year-old Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr. is charged with deadly conduct. In New York, 65-year-old Kevin Monahan faces a second-degree murder charge.
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