[lbo-talk] [Pen-l] Question re: the "Stand Your Ground" defense that wasn't

[c b]

"The law affords people enormous leeway to use deadly force if they
feel their life is seriously endangered. Sonner said Zimmerman felt
"one of them was going to die that night," when he pulled the trigger.
[...] "
^^^^^^^^

CB:The legal rule on self-defense for a long time has been that to
assert a defense of self-defense, one must have been in REASONABLE
fear of threat of death or great bodily harm to self or another person

 to use deadly force.
In fundamental legal discourse, "reasonable" is not just a "feeling".
I don't know whether the Florida law purports to change this standard
for asserting self-defense defenses to murder charges.