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Verdict In Florida Again Raises Self-Defense Issue

A verdict in the city of Jacksonville is again raising the issue of self-defense and race in Florida, just seven months after George Zimmerman was…

Jesse Jackson Files Lawsuit to Repeal Stand Your Ground in Georgia

Rev. Jesse Jackson is in Georgia to protest the state's stand-your-ground law. He will be introducing a lawsuit against the state in an...

Marissa Alexander, Woman in Controversial Florida Stand-Your-Ground Case, Granted Retrial

Marissa Alexander, convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for firing a gun over the head of her husband in order to...

Whites Who Kill Blacks 281 Percent More Likely to Escape Punishment

When the Florida jury found George Zimmerman, a White neighborhood watchman, not guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin,...

Boycott Florida: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

In a recent article I called for economic sanctions against Florida to compel business and political leaders in that state to change the...

Blacks Who Stand Their Ground Are Often Imprisoned

The recent acquittal of neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old unarmed Trayvon Martin has led to intense scrutiny of...

Trayvon Martin's Parents Launch Committee To Take Down 'Stand Your Ground'

The parents of Trayvon Martin have launched a new website and political committee aimed at ending "Stand Your Ground" laws in Florida and...

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