RE "flgirl543" Why at this point in time, do they list this case as a SYG? There are a number of false or misleading details listed among the findings, especially the "weighting the circumstances" section.
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flgirl:
The database includes SYG 'related' cases, not only those that went to trial, but may have been considered SYG initially (like during the initial Zimmerman police investigation, when they decided not to press charges).

Yesterday I sent the following email to the newspaper's corrections department; I doubt a single complaint will do much good, but if they get enough pointed feedback they may amend it, so if anyone wants to copy it and send it, be my guest):

TO: corrections@sptimes.com
MESSAGE:
By now, after the volume of testimony at trial, you MUST know the Stand Your Ground 'Weighing the circumstances' descriptions are incorrect.

You need to change the two following statements to the Unclear/disputed column:

-Did the defendant pursue the victim?
-Could the defendant have retreated to avoid the conflict?

Zimmerman did not pursue the victim - he 'followed' him briefly; then stopped when that was suggested by the operator.

Zimmerman COULD NOT retreat to avoid the conflict, if as the trail evidence suggested, he was attacked and thrown to the ground.

The check marks in the YES column show non objective bias. You need to change them!

From CTH...... the West interviews on YT now.

Not lions, WOLVERINES!
Of course, I just love West. So, I was very happy with the interview. She asked the questions I wanted the answers to.

“The playwrights are Latino, white, Middle Eastern, Asian-American and black,” Mr. Adkins said Monday in announcing the project. It is called “Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege.” It was inspired, he said, by the debates and nationwide protests that greeted George Zimmerman’s July 13 acquittal in the killing of Mr. Martin, a unarmed black teenager. Mr. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., claimed that he killed Mr. Martin, 17, in self-defense.”