Being notoriously known in the state of Florida, Stand Your Ground laws have caused quite a stir in recent years. Stand Your Ground laws have allowed many offenders to avoid prison. If people are innocent of the crime they are accused of, they should be able to defend themselves and prove their innocence. Stand Your Ground laws state that a person is presumed to have had a reasonable fear of imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury. himself or another when using defensive force that is intended or likely to cause death or serious bodily injury to another if: The person against whom defensive force was used was in the process of entering unlawfully and by force, or had unlawfully and forcibly entered, a dwelling, residence or occupied vehicle, or if that person had removed or was attempting to remove another person against his or her will from the dwelling, residence or occupied vehicle; and the person using defensive force knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry or an unlawful and forcible act was occurring or had occurred. The presumption in subsection (1) does not apply if: The person against whom defensive force is used has the right to be or lawfully resides in the house, residence or vehicle, such as a landlord, tenant, or proprietor. , and there is no domestic violence protection order or written no-contact supervision order against that person; or the person or persons sought to be removed are children or grandchildren, or are otherwise in the legal custody or guardianship of the person against whom defensive force is used; or the person using defensive force is involved in an illegal act... middle of paper... station car park. Both cars stopped in the parking lot, Dunn in front of the SUV, and the boys in the SUV were blasting music. Dunn asked them to refuse and argued with the boys. Dunn takes his gun and fires ten times at the SUV. Only one person, Jordan Davis (17) was hit and he was shot twice. Dunn left and hours later discovered that Davis was dead. Dunn was convicted of 4 of 5 attempted murders and a mistrial declared for the first-degree murder charge. Now both cases are very similar, the main difference is the verdict. The defendants in both trials could have avoided the confrontation but chose not to. In both cases an African American minor was shot and killed. In both cases the defendants' lives were not in danger and the victims were unarmed. So why would they let one be found guilty and the other walk free??