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Originally Posted by theking
I have heard multiple attorneys state that under Florida law...that one can indeed instigate a fight/initiate a fight and kill the person and claim self defense...if at any point during the fight one becomes afraid he may be seriously injured or may lose his life...and they have also stated that this is applicable to most states that have a version of a "stand your ground" law.
Juries often do whatever it is they choose to do irregardless of what the law is.
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I think the last line in your post sums it up very well. It doesn't really matter what the law says or implies. It is clearly an ambiguous law that is open to interpretation. In the end it will all come down to whether they believe Zimmerman had good intentions and was trying to do the right thing and things went bad or whether he saw the kid and decided he was going to take matters into his own hands no matter what and was negligent.