"As trial approaches for the man who generated national controversy over Stand Your Ground laws when he shot dead 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on a Florida street, a jury has acquitted another man under Florida's controversial law, after he shot dead a man he caught having sex with his wife.
Ralph Wald, a 70-year-old Vietnam veteran, walked into his home around midnight, and less than ten seconds later, fired three shots at Walter Conley, according to ABC News."*
A man was acquitted of murder after citing the "stand your ground" law when shooting a man he knew to be his wife's ex after he caught them having sex. Should the shooter have been acquitted, or is this yet another example of a law that needs reform? Cenk Uygur, Cara Santa Maria, and Jimmy Dore discuss.
*Read more from Think Progress:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013...
Ralph Wald, a 70-year-old Vietnam veteran, walked into his home around midnight, and less than ten seconds later, fired three shots at Walter Conley, according to ABC News."*
A man was acquitted of murder after citing the "stand your ground" law when shooting a man he knew to be his wife's ex after he caught them having sex. Should the shooter have been acquitted, or is this yet another example of a law that needs reform? Cenk Uygur, Cara Santa Maria, and Jimmy Dore discuss.
*Read more from Think Progress:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013...
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