“I am a mother, not a lawyer or a legislator. I don’t pretend to know all the details of the law, policy or politics surrounding stand your ground,” (Sybrina MsCandy Fulton) told the panel of senators. “What I do know, and what I am reminded of every day, is that my son was murdered. How this can be legal is beyond my comprehension. Many terrible injustices were considered ‘legal’ at one time or another, but then people saw the light and changed the law. “It is my belief that in this country and at this time, the people whose interests you were elected to represent do not wish to see immorality justified with legality. To safeguard life and the liberties that we all appreciate so much, we must remain eternally vigilant against the great dangers of legalised injustice.”
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:44:03 +0000
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