Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Would It Have Been Legal to Shoot and Kill George Zimmerman? - Abby Ohlheiser - The Atlantic Wire

Would It Have Been Legal to Shoot and Kill George Zimmerman? - Abby Ohlheiser - The Atlantic Wire: "Yesterday, Shellie Zimmerman told a 911 operator that her husband George "was going to shoot" her and her father at their Florida home. "I'm really, really afraid," she added. And while the incident did not end in violence — nor has anyone been charged as the facts are still sorted out  — Shellie's panicked 911 call poses an obvious question: would Florida law have offered Shellie the same defense had she used lethal force against her husband, as George used after he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin? "

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