Justifiable Murder All the Rage with 'Stand Your Ground'

by Anthony Sibley (AJ) on Jul 16, 2013 | Views: 104 | Score: 0

	South Carolina	Florida	Kentucky
2000	0	0.75	0.25
2001	0	0.73	0.49
2002	0.73	0.72	0
2003	1.54	0.94	0.24
2004	0.94	0.46	0
2005	0.93	1.01	0.24
2006	2.07	0.66	0.24
2007	1.37	2.3	0.94
2008	2	2.23	1.63
2009	1.97	2.43	2.55
2010	1.51	2.18	1.61

Stand Your Ground Laws Passed in 2006 (Florida- 2005)

Rate of Homicide Per 10,000 (in %)

Sources: online.wsj.com

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Anthony Sibley (AJ) on Jul 16, 2013 6:52 AM said:

As Stand-Your-Ground laws become more popular throughout the Union, so too does claiming self-defense to justify committed homicide. Particularly unsettling, Kentucky, whose average rate in reported years prior to the law was .28%, shot up nearly 630% in the 5 years after its passing. Florida's increase was relatively more moderate, roughly 250%.