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Honoring the life of 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, urging the State of Florida and others to repeal the Stand Your Ground law, and admonishing involved parties to pursue full investigations into all…

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Honoring the life of 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, urging the State of Florida and others to repeal the Stand Your Ground law, and admonishing involved parties to pursue full investigations into all homicides, regardless of defenses asserted by the offender.

Introduced: March 30, 2012 Introduced by: Cleaver, Emanuel Democratic · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Agreed to (House)
Apr 9, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Mar 30, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 30, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Admonishes any state, local agency, or official acting to obstruct an open investigation or failing to fully execute official duties in the investigation of the events surrounding the death of Trayvon Martin.

Condemns: (1) parties for their roles in proposing Stand Your Ground and similar legislation, and (2) reliance on Stand Your Ground laws to protect actions that extend beyond historical use of self-defense.

Urges: (1) any state legislature considering Stand Your Ground legislation to reject it, and (2) the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws in every state.

What's happening now April 9, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Mar 30, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 612: Honoring the life of 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, urging the State of Florida and others to repeal the Stand Your Ground law, and admonishing involved parties to pursue full investigations into all homicides, regardless of defenses asserted by the offender.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-612/
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"H. Res. 612: Honoring the life of 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, urging the State of Florida and others to repeal the Stand Your Ground law, and admonishing involved parties to pursue full investigations into all homicides, regardless of defenses asserted by the offender.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-612/.
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H. Res. 612, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-612/.
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[H. Res. 612: Honoring the life of 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, urging the State of Florida and others to repeal the Stand Your Ground law, and admonishing involved parties to pursue full investigations into all homicides, regardless of defenses asserted by the offender.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-612/)
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