Florida Burden Of Proof Bill Passed Out of Committee ~ VIDEO

By Ammoland

Florida – -(Ammoland.com)- The critically important self-defense bill, SB-128, was heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, Tuesday, January 24, 2017 and PASSED 5-4.

SB-128 Burden of Proof by Sen. Rob Bradley restores the presumption of innocence in self-defense cases by putting the burden of proof BACK ON THE STATE where it belongs. That is all the bill does.

In 2008, Prosecutors and judges – NOT THE LEGISLATURE – created a special “Stand Your Ground” hearing for self-defense cases and then reversed the burden of proof from the state to the victim in those hearings.

They turned justice and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty upside down. This bill simply puts the burden of proof back on the state where it belongs.

REPUBLICAN Senators Lizbeth Benacquisto, Anitere Flores, Rene Garcia, Debbie Mayfield and Greg Steube voted YES on the bill.

DEMOCRAT Senators Randolph Bracy, Audrey Gibson, Bobby Powell and Perry Thurston voted NO on the bill.

RECAP OF THE MEETING:

The hearing was a full house — full of women wearing red t-shirts emblazoned with Bloomberg’s EVERYTOWN logo (who didn’t appear to know anything about the …Read the Rest