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Year after Trayvon Martin’s death, ‘stand your ground’ survives

FILE - In this March 21, 2012 file photo, demonstrators pray during the Million Hoodie March in Union Square, N.Y. The march was in memory of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager shot to death by a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain in Florida. After the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin at the hands of a neighborhood watch leader, civil rights leaders warned that Sanford, Florida., risked its upscale reputation and could become a 21st century version of civil rights flashpoints like Selma, Alabama. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)Laws which allowed deadly force in public spaces are still on the books.

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