Here's what "stand your ground" can lead to
A news story from Columbia, SC:
The “stand your ground” law is getting new scrutiny this week because of a murder trial in Columbia where a defendant is trying to claim he stood his ground… while standing on the victim’s ground.
Gregg Issac is one of three suspects linked to the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Tony Corbitt in Corbitt's Fernandina Road apartment on Oct. 27, 2005. The investigation meandered along before arrests were finally made last year. Authorities say Isaac and two others, armed with handguns, kicked in the front door of Corbitt's apartment, assaulted and killed him in front on his 8-year-old child.
During his trial this week, Isaac, who pleaded not-guilty, even admitted firing the fatal shots.
http://www.scnow.com/opinion/editorials/article_06542c12-ec0a-11e2-a82f-001a4bcf6878.html
Guess what you learn in the rest of the story at the link? The state Supreme Court moved in, stopped the trial, sent the jury home, and said the judge should have first considered whether the defendants were "in fear of their lives" and thus impacted by the state's Stand Your Ground" law. It is a procedural matter, likely to be dismissed, and, even if it weren't I'm sure they would find enough other charges to lock the shooter up for life, but how flawed is the concept of the law when this can happen.
