How US ‘stand your ground’ laws lets shooters go free | Fault Lines Documentary
In this documentary, Fault Lines travels to Florida and Texas to investigate two homicide cases in which "stand your ground" was used as a defense – and examines how these laws impede families’ quest for justice.
When one man shot and killed another at a cinema during an argument over a cell phone, he claimed self-defense and went free. Cases like these are becoming more common as stand your ground laws spread across the United States, with some states seeing a rise in gun killings. Critics dub them "shoot first laws" and warn that they escalate violence and embolden people to act on their fear-driven biases.
Producer: Amina Waheed
Correspondent: Natasha Del Toro
Director of Photography: Joel Van Haren
Editor: Leslie Atkins
Executive Producer: Laila Al-Arian
Production Manager: Anabelle Rojas
Associate Producer and Fact-checker: Abdulai Bah
Sound Mix: Linus Bergman
Digital Producer: Riham Mansour
Special thanks: Jonathan Jones, Nadia Hamdan and Amanda Pike at Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting
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