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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