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A 2015 study found that the adoption of Oklahoma's stand-your-ground law was associated with a decrease in residential burglaries, but also that the law had "the unintended consequence of increasing the number of non-residential burglaries." [72] Florida's stand-your-ground law went into effect on October 1, 2005.
As of July 1, 2006, Georgia became a "Stand Your Ground" state, and requires no duty to retreat before using deadly force in self-defense, or defense of others. [10] [11] Georgia law allows private firearm sales between residents without requiring any processing through an FFL.
The officer's defense initially claimed the killing was covered by Georgia's Stand Your Ground law. This was disallowed. They then maintained their actions were in fact within the Sheriff's Office guidelines and that they were not trained in those guidelines. On October 25, 2021, the jury asked to see the video of the incident again.
“This case, among so many others, highlights the urgency in why Georgia must address the racial disparity in Stand Your Ground claims,” Woodall said in a statement to Yahoo News.
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In Georgia, which also has a stand your ground law, three white men accused of fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 claimed self-defense. Travis McMichael, his father Greg McMichael and neighbor ...
Prior to the passage of Florida's Stand Your Ground law, the standard jury instructions from the judge would have included a statement that a person had a duty to attempt to retreat using "every reasonable means" before using deadly force. [285] Self-defense laws in the United States, particularly regarding justifiable homicide, vary by state.
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