stand your ground News

Sanford - The killer of Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, in court Tuesday officially waived his right to have a judge dismiss his second-degree murder charge under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law.

A Republican New Hampshire lawmaker Peter Hansen provoked outrage when he called women "vaginas" in an email debate with colleagues. He used the word as a synonym for women in a response to a speech on proposed changes to a law on the use of deadly force.

Jacksonville - A white Florida man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder for allegedly firing eight or nine shots into a car full of black teens after an argument over loud music, killing one of them.

Sybrina Fulton, the mother of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin, stars in a Mother's Day video calling for the reexamination of the Stand Your Ground act, the self-defense law at the heart of George Zimmerman's defense.

Critics say Trayvon Martin’s Twitter feed shows Martin has a propensity towards violence who just might have acted aggressively towards George Zimmerman and been killed for it.

Sanford - The case of Trayvon Martin has become a national sensation that continues to flood the media even in the month following the killing.