Zimmerman Shooter Will Use ‘Stand Your Ground’ Defense

Posted by | May 30, 2015 07:00 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly

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The Florida man charged with shooting George Zimmerman will use the “Stand Your Ground” defense.

Such a defense would entitle Matthew Apperson to a hearing, ahead of his trial, during which a judge would decide if he deserves immunity from prosecution because he feared imminent death or bodily injury. Apperson was charged earlier this month with aggravated assault and battery for firing a gun into Zimmerman’s car during a traffic run-in. Zimmerman had minor injuries.

Zimmerman’s defense attorneys had considered asking for a “Stand Your Ground” hearing when the former neighborhood watch leader faced a second-degree murder charge for the February 2012 fatal shooting of Martin, but they instead opted to go straight to a traditional criminal trial.

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13 responses to Zimmerman Shooter Will Use ‘Stand Your Ground’ Defense

  1. Larry Schmitt May 30th, 2015 at 07:53

    Sounds like karma to me.

  2. crc3 May 30th, 2015 at 08:57

    Why do they keep saying the GZ was shot? He wasn’t hit by a bullet but rather pieces of glass from a shattered window. Had the bullet actually hit him it would have probably hit him in the head which I wish had happened. Maybe next time GZ won’t be so lucky….

    • Larry Schmitt May 30th, 2015 at 09:12

      But it would not have hit any vital organs.

    • Robert Kennedy May 30th, 2015 at 23:00

      If it hit him in the ass it would have been fatal, but the head wouldn’t make any difference if it was hit by a .44 Magnum.

  3. Suzanne McFly May 30th, 2015 at 09:04

    If you want to claim “stand your ground” do it right and take this a$$wipe out.

  4. StoneyCurtisll May 30th, 2015 at 11:23

    I bet every morning Zimmerman wakes up and wonders if this is going to be the day someone kills him.

  5. Hirightnow May 30th, 2015 at 16:47

    More like “Squat your ass”…
    But in this instance, I’m actually rooting for the guy.

  6. Dwendt44 May 30th, 2015 at 16:57

    If it’s good for the goose,……..!

  7. rg9rts May 31st, 2015 at 09:45

    He did shoot at a known killer

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