“Stand Your Ground’ works — for criminals
By FRED GRIMM – MiamiHerald.com
Someone claiming to feel “threatened” no longer has an obligation to retreat, call police or avoid the use of deadly force. “What this means, as illustrated by this case, is that two individuals, or even groups, can square off in the middle of a public street, exchange gunfire, and both be absolved from criminal liability if they were reasonably acting in self-defense,” wrote Circuit Judge Terry Lewis.
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Stand Your Ground’ civil suit is a surprise
By TOM BRENNAN
Published: February 14, 2010
TAMPA – Casey Landes attacked Charles Podany in an alcohol-fueled rage, authorities say, chasing Podany as he tried to bicycle away, knocking him to the ground and beating him as he sought to crawl away.
A judge ruled in September that Podany, 49, was justified in shooting and killing the 24-year-old Landes. Prosecutors did not appeal the decision.
But Landes’ family is now suing Podany, claiming Landes was a victim of “wrongful death” and that Podany was a danger to the Bay Hills Village Mobile Home Park where Podany lives and where Landes was shot.
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