Stand Your Ground Law

SYG law has been a huge topic that has came up in many different cases. This law has allowed a lot of innocent people to go to jail and guilty people to go free. In several cases such as the Trevon Martin, Marissa Alexander and the latest Jordon Davis cases in my opinion are and are not examples of the stand your ground law. Trevon Martin was an innocent person who was walking home from the store and because there was break ins in the area and he had a hood on his head he easily became a target. The neighborhood watch person who committed this crime was told not to follow this man and he did anyway and ended up killing this young man. Marissa Alexander on the other hand had report abuse in her relationship and because she shot into the air she was sentenced to a x amount of years in prison. Jordon Davis was killed due to the volume of the music him and his friends were listening to.

Jordon Davis murder lawyer is now trying to use this law to say that Dunn saw a shotgun that's why he fired into the SUV that Davis was in. Rather or not he did or did not see a shot gun 9 times was way too many times to fire at someone. Marissa Alexander reported her abuse and still felt threatened nobody knows the situation she was end when she did what she did but she had reports n file so why is she sitting in prison right now. Trevon Martin's killer has lied to police and has been set a bond and released and went back to jail and he still hasn't even been sentenced in this young man's death.

SYG law has allowed drug dealers to go free of murders and other illegal things they do. It also have people scared to possibly defend themselves because they don't know if they would honestly be in the wrong or not. It seems that everybody is now trying to use this law and say anything to get off this law should be examined closely and also explained in public so a person can know what to expect as a outcome to a crime they commit. This law is trying to be used to much in cases where it shouldn't even be brought up. Some people can use this law and some can't to me this is a special law that should only be used when evidence is available such as Marissa Alexander's case.

Graduation Increase

Being a graduate of Terry Parker's class of 2011 its a good feeling to hear that the graduation rate is on the rise. More graduating students is good it doesn't exactly mean more kids will be in college but it's good to even have a high school diploma.

Florida's federal graduation rate rose by an unprecedented 3.9 percentage points in 2012, moving to 74.5 percent of students graduating from high school within four years.
 

Within in 4 years the graduating rate has increased which is good. I think this would have a lower crime rate because kids are so focused on finishing what they have to do to get out of school. I applaud the kids for trying so hard but I also think it has alot to do with the dedication of the teachers and the parents pushing the kids to do their best and being by their child side 100%. This is a good look overall.

I think it doesn't matter how many years you are in high school as long as you walk across the stage with a High School Diploma. These high school student are making not only themselves proud put their parents and the whatever state they stay in.The good part about this report is that the most risk schools such as Andrew Jackson and Raines High school are also seeing increases in their graduation rate, this shows that the students and staff at each and every school are working as a team to get the job done and out of school.

Could've Been Avoided

This was a sad story to hear about. This young innocent teen was killed due to the volume of him and his friends music.

Davis was killed Friday night when 45-year-old Michael Dunn shot into the SUV Davis was inside, authorities said. Police said Dunn fired his gun eight or nine times in a dispute over loud music.
 

Jordon Davis was killed on Friday November  23, 2012, the day after Thanksgiving at a gas station on the Southside of town. Jordon was in the car with 3 of his friends when Micheal Dunn appaerntly parked next to them in the parking lot of the gas station and asked them to turn down their music apparently Dunn asked them to turn the music down and they didn't. This resulted in Dunn pulling out a gun and firing it 8-10 times, Dunn fired his gun and Davis ended up being the life that got taken away too early.

This is a situation that could have easily being avoided. I feel like that everybody is entitled to their own opinion and have their different music that they listen to. These four teens had their music up loud because that's what they enjoyed, Dunn has his own opinion on how high a volume should be on music. Dunn could have avoided this by easily moving his car or simply ignoring the music they had up. Davis was in teh back seat of the SUV, Dunn's lawyer is now saying that the teens had a shotgun in the truck.

This is the second teen from Wolfson who have died within a 6 month period. First it was Jackson now it's Davis, these both were senseless crimes and neither if these kids deserved to die. Jackson was sleep in her bed and a car ran a stop sign and killed her and now Davis was shot and killed. The crime right in Jacksonville is rising tremendously and it's sad that the kids who are getting their life took are so young and still have their whole lives ahead of them.