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sounds like the 'judge' needs a lesson in the second amendment and what separation of powers really means

his job is to administer, not write the law

he probably missed that part in his Introduction to the Law class while he was picking his nose.



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A) The judge is a nut with an ax to grind

B) Either FL law is very different or the judge is really stretching

C) Thank you to whomever posted the opinion.
 
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Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that the amendment to the law allowed lawmakers to overstep their authority, adding that it should have been crafted by the Florida Supreme Court in the first place, The Miami Herald reported.

That's an interesting view. The judge feels the courts should draft legislation?!? Separation of Powers is pretty sacrosanct in most of the country...there's this document


Courts interpret the law. They cannot write the law (though assholes like this Twatwaffle) want to do both.





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As others, I'm confused:

1) Why is a judge indicating that laws should be crafted by the court? Pass law school?

2) Why does a victim need to prove anything?

3) Why does the AG want to prosecute a victim? If not for the assailant, there would be no victim. AG really have nothing better to do than to try to prosecute somebody, anybody each time there is a crime, even if only the victim is left? These are the same type of people who would criminalize a rape victim for the clothes they wore.

Seriously, how do we get rid of these people, at least from office if not the gene pool? Too stupid to live.




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From the Article:
Data shows Florida's Stand Your Ground law is awful. The rule lets you kill anyone you want in self-defense, even if you're the person who started a fight. In the years since the law went into effect, the state's murder rate has shot up dramatically. The law has been used to exonerate multiple cops who have shot unarmed people and, most notably, to let George Zimmerman walk free after following, harassing, and then fatally shooting unarmed Miami teen Trayvon Martin — a killing that later helped spark the Black Lives Matter movement.


It's a half-truth that the murder rate "shot up dramatically". It spiked a couple years after the law, but then receded down to it's previous level a couple years after that. The murder rate has been essentially flat ever since.

Florida Murder Rate - 1960-2015:

Sources: http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/


Murder - The unlawful killing of another human being without justification or excuse.

How does this chart relate to stand your ground?
Are not guilty of misconduct killing stats included in the chart, why? Criminal actor learning curve, could fit the several year chart bump in that case.
 
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Murder - The unlawful killing of another human being without justification or excuse.

How does this chart relate to stand your ground?
Are not guilty of misconduct killing stats included in the chart, why? Criminal actor learning curve, could fit the several year chart bump in that case.


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Miami Judge References Harry Potter to Strike Down New "Stand Your Ground" Law

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In the years since the law went into effect, the state's murder rate has shot up dramatically.


I posted the graph to disprove the statement from the linked article (above) that, "In the years since the (Stand Your Ground) law went into effect, the state's murder rate has shot up dramatically". The wording from that statement makes it sound like the murder rate shot up after the law went into effect and has continued to rise ever since. That (from the graph) is obviously not true. Another point: Just because the murder rate increased after the law went into effect does not mean that that was caused by the law.

I don't understand your other two questions.



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Originally posted by konata88:
As others, I'm confused:

1) Why is a judge indicating that laws should be crafted by the court? Pass law school?

2) Why does a victim need to prove anything?

3) Why does the AG want to prosecute a victim? If not for the assailant, there would be no victim. AG really have nothing better to do than to try to prosecute somebody, anybody each time there is a crime, even if only the victim is left? These are the same type of people who would criminalize a rape victim for the clothes they wore.

Seriously, how do we get rid of these people, at least from office if not the gene pool? Too stupid to live.


JHE, could you please comment #3 above by Konata ? I've always wondered the exact same thing for years. Are these people evil ? I can't believe they are, so I obviously don't understand why prosecutors prosecute victims who are likely not guilty in an affirmative defense ?




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Originally posted by Storm:
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Originally posted by springnr:

Murder - The unlawful killing of another human being without justification or excuse.

How does this chart relate to stand your ground?
Are not guilty of misconduct killing stats included in the chart, why? Criminal actor learning curve, could fit the several year chart bump in that case.


quote:
Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Miami Judge References Harry Potter to Strike Down New "Stand Your Ground" Law

From the Article:
In the years since the law went into effect, the state's murder rate has shot up dramatically.


I posted the graph to disprove the statement from the linked article (above) that, "In the years since the (Stand Your Ground) law went into effect, the state's murder rate has shot up dramatically". The wording from that statement makes it sound like the murder rate shot up after the law went into effect and has continued to rise ever since. That (from the graph) is obviously not true. Another point: Just because the murder rate increased after the law went into effect does not mean that that was caused by the law.

I don't understand your other two questions.


Justified killings are not murder. If the Murder chart includes Non Murder data, very possible now days. It takes a while for crimes with less lethal outcomes to become preference, thus the chart bump up in murders?

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Originally posted by springnr:
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Originally posted by Storm:
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Originally posted by springnr:

Murder - The unlawful killing of another human being without justification or excuse.

How does this chart relate to stand your ground?
Are not guilty of misconduct killing stats included in the chart, why? Criminal actor learning curve, could fit the several year chart bump in that case.


quote:
Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Miami Judge References Harry Potter to Strike Down New "Stand Your Ground" Law

From the Article:
In the years since the law went into effect, the state's murder rate has shot up dramatically.


I posted the graph to disprove the statement from the linked article (above) that, "In the years since the (Stand Your Ground) law went into effect, the state's murder rate has shot up dramatically". The wording from that statement makes it sound like the murder rate shot up after the law went into effect and has continued to rise ever since. That (from the graph) is obviously not true. Another point: Just because the murder rate increased after the law went into effect does not mean that that was caused by the law.

I don't understand your other two questions.


Justified killings are not murder. If the Murder chart includes Non Murder data, very possible now days. It takes a while for crimes with less lethal outcomes to become preference, thus the chart bump up in murders?


The source of this data is http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/. They source their data from the FBI - Uniform Crime report. So this should not include justifiable homicides. The FBI-UCR has seperate tables for that.

I think it's a possible theory that murders spiked temporarily, because some criminals thought they could use the SYG law to cover their murders. Once they found out they couldn't, murders declined. It's a theory. The rise could just have easily been caused something else.



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most notably, to let George Zimmerman walk free after following, harassing, and then fatally shooting unarmed Miami teen Trayvon Martin —


Correct me if I'm wrong. My memory is that Zimmerman did not raise the "stand you ground" defense.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/c...-ground-laws/2131629
http://abcnews.go.com/US/flori...es/story?id=22543929
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/g...your-ground-defense/



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Originally posted by 2Adefender:
The Florida Supreme Court is pretty liberal. I'm being diplomatic.


Yes, I remember their shenanigans during the whole Bush v Gore imbroglio. They essentially ignored the state law, and later even SCOTUS to keep the recount going.


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