CNN 2012-04-27

 The Trayvon Martin's case has struck the future of the stand you ground law in question, bot just in Florida but all over the country. Our Josh Levs here will look at what the laws are like in your state. Yeah, and Robin¹, you and I were talking earlier about the effect of Florida, now it has a task force, this is gonna look into their stand your ground law and try to decide what you've done about it, give recommendation, this case has created debate across the whole country, and all sorts of states people in very statute² looking at their state laws right now, and saying do we have that law? do we need to change our laws? what they say no matter what it's happening with us. that life, even if it is determined³ weapon on the plan to the Trayvon Martin's case. So what we have from our folks at HEN TV.com right now is fantastic brief down of every state and what the stand your ground laws are with the other laws, so what we have here, first of all, are 18 states in which our folks determine you can reasonably set up stand your ground laws, I won't take time to read every single state, but I will tell you about these, the ones that have the stand your ground law, you get Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, George, Indiana,Kentucky,Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana,Nevada,New Hampshire,Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Utah, in each case, you have some different language, but you do have laws that are similar in the basic idea to stand your ground. 

 

Now this is something else that a lot of states have their habit, a lot of states have some that are called castle doctor, as we know, let me tell you the difference. stand your ground applies to this idea, but in certain cases, it is ok to use force if you feel threatened, well, castle doctorine refers to being on your own property, and in some states, authorities have determined that the judicial⁴ system has determined your own property can be more than your home, maybe it's your car, it's your work place, but if you feel threatened, you have the right to meet force with force or to use force when you feel threatened. So castle doctorine, and all the states you see here, then it's interesting, this pattern we have in this country, different laws in different states. A few states are but actually requiring you to retreat if you feel threatened in certain situation. You have a handful of states right there that have both laws that say even if you feel threatened, you must retreat in Iowa and Alaska, Virginia and Vermont. I am gonna show you two more that show you it will become complexity⁵ and adversity of laws in this country, they said Washington actually doesn't have a statute, but the statue supreme⁶ court has said there is no duty to retreat if you are assaulted where you were legally, lawfully⁷ allowed to be and one more interesting one here, folks, take a look at New Mexico, the law there they are allowed, justice F signed in defense⁸ of property of the courts of the rule can not use it, in case it's just trans*, so what we've got here is a * of complicated laws, and now states all over this country, are taking a look at their laws and saying how could a case like this play out here. Let's take look at the website, I want all you to see it, it's interactive⁹, and you can see your state, you can click on it and read actual language of the law in your state, I have linked it for you up my pages on the Facebook and Twitter, Josh Levs CNN, and my blog CNN.com 

What you'd see your state law being in power with that knowledge, as we see the next stage in the SB wrap for the whole country. Good information, I go to look at the side to get more because every state is different in those laws, you need to be reading thoroughly¹⁰ before I will, you got a situation, right? Alright, Josh, thanks very much. 

1 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

2 statute   

n.成文法，法令，法规；章程，规则，条例

参考例句：

• Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.保障消费者利益已在法令里作了规定。
• The next section will consider this environmental statute in detail.下一部分将详细论述环境法令的问题。

3 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

4 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

5 complexity   

n.复杂(性)，复杂的事物

参考例句：

• Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
• The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。

6 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

7 lawfully   

adv.守法地，合法地；合理地

参考例句：

• Lawfully established contracts shall be protected by law. 依法成立的合同应受法律保护。 来自口语例句
• As my lawfully wedded husband, in sickness and in health, till death parts us. 当成是我的合法丈夫，无论疾病灾难，直到死亡把我们分开。 来自电影对白

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

10 thoroughly   

adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地

参考例句：

• The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
• The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。