The state Senate's Democratic leader has filed a bill revising Florida's "stand your ground law" following the Trayvon Martin ...
shooting.
Sen. Chris Smith of Fort Lauderdale said on Wednesday said his bill (SB 136) was inspired by the unarmed 17-year-old boy's death in Sanford. Martin was shot by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman who is claiming self-defense under the law.
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