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Trayvon Martin's shooter should likely be charged, avoid immunity, law's authors say
But the lawmakers who crafted the legislation in 2005 - former Sen. Durell Peaden and current state Rep. Dennis Baxley - said the law doesn't need to be changed. They believe it has been misapplied in the shooting death of Trayvon by a Sanford crime-watch captain, George Zimmerman.
"They got the goods on him. They need to prosecute whoever shot the kid," said Peaden, a Republican who sponsored the deadly force law in 2005. "He has no protection under my law."
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/20/3503709/trayvon-martins-shooter-should.html#storylink=cpy
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/20/3503709/trayvon-martins-shooter-should.html
But the lawmakers who crafted the legislation in 2005 - former Sen. Durell Peaden and current state Rep. Dennis Baxley - said the law doesn't need to be changed. They believe it has been misapplied in the shooting death of Trayvon by a Sanford crime-watch captain, George Zimmerman.
"They got the goods on him. They need to prosecute whoever shot the kid," said Peaden, a Republican who sponsored the deadly force law in 2005. "He has no protection under my law."
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/20/3503709/trayvon-martins-shooter-should.html#storylink=cpy
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/20/3503709/trayvon-martins-shooter-should.html