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2022-02-26 19:39:31 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BA66430EC08B57CD5BDD4A269C9EB06CF8F8B4D0264EEFAB3F0313865B91C42D
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This article has false information. It's claimed Zimmerman's defense "relied on" FL's stand your ground law. It did not. The defense did NOT request pretrial dismissal for SYG & did not use it in the defense. The judge included it in jury instructions because that was the law. https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/DC-Decoder/2013/0721/Stand-your-ground-laws-rattle-US-politics-society
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