Stand Your Ground

Activists around the nation are crying "boycott Florida!" after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case. Many, including Martin…

Florida Senator David Simmons, who helped craft the state’s Stand Your Ground law, is defending the legislation against critics like Attorney General Eric…

Republican State Senator David Simmons says he doesn’t understand the criticism leveled at Florida’s so called Stand Your Ground law.The acquittal of…

Protesting students hunkered down Wednesday in Governor Rick Scott’s office waiting room for the second day of their vigil. They arrived at the Capitol…

National civil rights leaders spoke in Orlando today to wrap up the NAACP’s annual convention. Reverend Al Sharpton told a large crowd at the Orange…

George Zimmerman didn't invoke the stand your ground law in his trial, but in Florida and elsewhere similar self-defense measures are expected to come under heightened scrutiny.

State Senate Democratic Leader Chris Smith is calling on lawmakers to re-examine the criminal statutes after George Zimmerman's acquittal in the death of…

Benjamin Crump can be deposed by the defense in George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial, even though he is the attorney for the family of slain…

Jurors won't hear that Martin was in Sanford on the night of his death because he had been suspended from school in South Florida, where he lived. They…

The African-American teen's February 2012 shooting death drew national attention. George Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder. He claims self defense. Trayvon's family alleges the young man was racially profiled. The trial will begin June 10.