Politics

The Washington Post looks at the co-relation between the rise of stand your ground laws, and a documented increase in justifiable homicide cases.  As the Trayvon Martin case goes on, the idea of justifiable homicide in a self defense situation is under the microscope in Florida and elsewhere.

Here’s the WaPo story

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/stand-your-ground-laws-coincide-with-jump-in-justifiable-homicide-cases/2012/04/07/gIQAS2v51S_story.html