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[quote=Anonymous]I had heard in the media that the problem with the Florida law is that, unlike other states, the person claiming self-defense doesn't have to show that he didn't create the conditions that led to him having to "defend" himself.  That is, in some states if I start a fist fight out of the blue with someone, which leads to me feeling threatened and then I shoot that other person, I can't claim self-defense because I created the conditions that led to me shooting.  But what I've heard is that the fear is that in Florida, the law doesn't include that proviso, so that Zimmerman could get off even though he created the conditions that led to the shooting.

But then I've also heard, as has been mentioned by pps, that the fact that the dispatcher told Zimmerman not to follow Martin means that Zimmerman can't use that law in his defense.

I don't know.  I just hope that there is enough information out there for the investigation to give us a clearer sense of what happened.  That poor boy's family deserves at last that.[/quote]

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