First-Ever Senate Hearing on “Stand Your Ground” Laws Held Today
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2013. Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, called for state “stand your ground” laws to be carefully reconsidered following recent and high profile shootings of unarmed young people. These laws, one of which played a key role in the trial surrounding the shooting death of Florida teenager…
