Appearing on Face the Nation Sunday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that he was sending a letter to the Department of Justice asking them to expand the investigation into the killing of Trayvon Martin and launch an investigation of the “general application of these ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws.” He wants to know “whether they actually increase, rather than decrease violence, and whether they actually prevent law enforcement from prosecuting cases where a real crime has been committed.” Schumer said he hopes there will be hearings in Congress about these laws.
George Zimmerman, who admitted to shooting and killing unarmed Trayvon Martin in Florida, is using Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law to claim it was self-defense.
