Miami Prosecutor Argues ‘Stand Your Ground’ Unconstitutional
By Tom Knighton
I’m not a lawyer. I’ve never pretended to be one, either.
I want to put that out there right off the bat because I’m about to take serious issue with something a supposedly actual attorney said and I think it’s important to understand that I’m not pretending to be an expert.
Of course, this prosecutor from Miami, who has a law degree, doesn’t sound like much of an expert either.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle wants the Florida Supreme Court to know that she believes the latest version of the state’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law is just flat out unconstitutional.
According to the Miami Herald, Fernandez Rundle is a member of The League of Prosecutors, a South Florida organization that recently requested that the law be struck down because it unlawfully compels state attorneys to try cases involving self-defense claims before a judge, instead of a jury.
“There is nothing specialized or unique about this defense that the common juror cannot understand,” said the brief filed Friday.
Fernandez Rundle also filed a brief joining in the effort, making her the first state attorney to break from Attorney General Pam Bondi, whose …Read the Rest
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