Legal academics address the Martin shooting...

As most of us already know, the recent shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager by a neighborhood watch volunteer has captured the nation's attention. Legal academics have also provided their views on the matter; many addressing the self-defense claim, and others discussing  local police failure to arrest the shooter. Here is a list of what some of us have written:

 

Professor Ken Nunn's essay in the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/03/21/do-stand-your-ground-laws-encourage-vigilantes/racism-is-the-problem-not-the-stand-your-ground-laws

 

Here is a link to what Professor Darren Hutchinson wrote in Dissenting Justice:

http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2012/03/trayvon-martin-stand-your-ground-rule.html

 

Professor Adam Winkler's essay in the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/03/21/do-stand-your-ground-laws-encourage-vigilantes/what-the-florida-stand-your-ground-law-says

 

Here is what Professor Jeannie Suk wrote in the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/03/21/do-stand-your-ground-laws-encourage-vigilantes/self-defense-is-part-of-our-heritage

 

Finally, below is a link to what I wrote in the Huff Post after several individuals asked me to address recent media claims that the race issue became more complicated after the shooter's dad claimed something to the effect that because the shooter is Hispanic, and therefore a minority, he had no racial bias.

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ediberto-roman/trayvon-martin-case_b_1371552.html#access_token=AAAAACuIpepUBADHfUaIZCEw1clg0er5F76rAgEuumews8IkU5ZCNamfd7qANbqkqPsWVRZA4yUp7utAZA4YLXwqgpNca8Nrgdk2hl6VqduZBCMLWelnOG&expires_in=6723

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Comments

[Michael J.Z. Mannheimer]

I also posted this on PrawfsBlawg last night: http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2012/03/trayvon-martin-and-floridas-stand-your-ground-law.html

[Ediberto Roman]

Thanks Michael. Sorry I missed it. Looking forward to reading it. E

[Ediberto Roman]

Now, I am really sorry I missed it. Great essay Michael. Cheers! E

[AGR]

Also Sherrilyn Ifill from the university of Maryland

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/22/opinion/ifill-trayvon-martin/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6

[Ediberto Roman]

Thanks AGR! Can't wait to read it. Am a fan of Professor Ifill's work. Sounds like we are gathering speakers for a symposium for the near future?

[Alfred Brophy]

Donald Tibbs of Drexel, sometimes guest in these parts, was quoted in a story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-03-25/trayvon-martin-shooting/53768450/1