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Stand Your Ground Laws : and Human Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 / United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights.

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Format:
Book
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Civil rights--United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (v, 384 pages)
Other Title:
Stand Your Ground Laws
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2015.
Summary:
Stand your ground laws, which extend the right to use deadly force in self-defense beyond the home, exacerbate racial disparities in the rate at which homicides are found to be justified, John Roman told a Senate subcommittee. In homicides of blacks committed by whites, 11.4 percent were found to be justified, while in homicides of whites committed by blacks, only 1.2 percent were found to be justified. The racial disparity is larger in states with stand your ground laws, and racial disparities increase in stand your ground states after the law is enacted.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (U.S. Government Publishing Office, viewed June 10, 2023).

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