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Judge Rules New Florida Stand Your Ground Law Unconstitutional | |||
| Posted July 3rd, 2017 11:35 am | |||
AMGOA Staff Florida's updated "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law is unconstitutional, a Miami judge ruled on Monday. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that lawmakers overstepped their authority in creating the law this year that forces prosecutors to disprove a defendant's self-defense claim at a pre-trial hearing. The judge ruled that under Florida’s constitution, that change should have been crafted by the Florida Supreme Court, not the Legislature. "As a matter of constitutional separation of powers, that procedure cannot be legislatively modified," Hirsch wrote in a 14 page order. The ruling is a victory for prosecutors who have firmly opposed the law they believe makes it easier for defendants to get away with murder and other violent crime. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article159394094.html |
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Judge Rules New Florida Stand Your Ground Law Unconstitutional | |||
