Zimmerman Trial: Directions from Judge to Jury ALTERED DRASTICALLY because of STAND YOUR GROUND LAW!! This needs to change.

THE STANDARDS FOR TRAYVON MARTIN WERE TOTALLY DIFFERENT (and unfair) THAN THE STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR GEORGE ZIMMERMAN!!

Remember, nobody ever seriously suggested, in the trial or in the media, that Trayvon Martin had a right to stand his ground. Instead, everybody wanted to know why he didn’t run.

And remember that over and over again the media, George Zimmerman’s lawyers, and Judge Nelson herself explicitly said that George Zimmerman had the legal right to stand his ground and use deadly force if he even felt threatened. While Trayvon should have run, Zimmerman didn’t have to run.

Remember the actual instructions that Judge Nelson read to the jury about the standard to which George Zimmerman should be judged:

“George Zimmerman... had no duty to retreat and had the right to stand his ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he reasonably believed that it was necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or another…”

Why were George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin judged by different standards? Why was Trayvon Martin judged according to pre-Koch brothers Florida law, while George Zimmerman was judged according to post-Koch brothers Florida law?  And, perhaps more importantly, why is nobody in the media pointing this out? 

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/evil-new-stand-your-ground-law-made-killing-trayvon-martin-permissible?akid=10714.294211.TnBHbT&rd=1&src=newsletter871529&t=3