"Roman also found that Stand Your Ground laws tend to track the - TopicsExpress



          

"Roman also found that Stand Your Ground laws tend to track the existing racial disparities in homicide convictions across the U.S. — with one significant exception: Whites who kill blacks in Stand Your Ground states are far more likely to be found justified in their killings. In non-Stand Your Ground states, whites are 250 percent more likely to be found justified in killing a black person than a white person who kills another white person; in Stand Your Ground states, that number jumps to 354 percent"
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:14:57 +0000

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