Nice move Gov Scott, you screwed yourself with trying to make self-defense be disproven in pre-trials – PB/TK
Court rules Florida’s new Stand-Your-Ground law is unconstitutional – By Lindsay Gibbs / July 3 2017
Last month, Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) signed a controversial update to the “Stand Your Ground” law, which put the full impetus on prosecutors to disprove a self-defense claim during a pre-trial hearing.
The updated legislation was supported and promoted by the National Rifle Association, who said that it was merely a clarification on the true intent of the “Stand Your Ground” law when it was enacted in 2005. Previously, it was up to defendants to prove that they used force in self defense.
But on Monday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that the update was unconstitutional, because of the process used to update the law — it should have been done through the Supreme Court, not the legislature according to Florida’s constitution.
Continue to thinkprogress.org article: https://thinkprogress.org/florida-stand-your-ground-unconstitutional-47396150ae4f
