What everyone forgets is how the law itself works in Florida. It doesn't matter if Z or T or anyone else had any sort of motive, etc. You can actually pick a fight with someone and, if the person you pick a fight with becomes defensive, you can claim self defense yourself. Actually so could the other person. All you have to really say is that, at the moment, you felt in fear for your life. You do not have to prove the other person had a weapon or anything else.
We had a similar but unrelated case here where driver A cut off driver B on the highway, almost causing B to crash. B was ticked off, and pursued A into a parking lot. A got a gun and shot and killed driver B, who he had just cut off. He was not charged with anything because, at that moment, B was being aggressive and A felt in fear of his life. Not saying thats right or wrong - just that is how the law works.
You could apply the same thing in the Z and T case. Z may have followed T around and may have even harassed him. it really doesn't matter. At some point T perhaps came up to Z and confronted him. The result is one person died and the other claims self defense. Under the current law, thats how it is.
Now, I am not saying the law is right (or not), and I am not a pro gun person either. I think all guns should be banned. But, thats now how the law and the Constitution is either. I also do not think it is fair to change the law in the middle of a case, and apply the new law to the past crime (you are changing the law to make something that was not a crime into one). If there is a problem with a law, change it and apply it from that date forward. Since murder doesn't have a statute of limitations, it would be unfair to change the current law to make Z's actions a crime, because in theory it would open up all of the prior stand your ground or otherwise exonorated cases again.
