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a black person, their life seems to be less valuable than if you kill a white person. so look, i don't know what the facts were in each of those cases but those are what the statistics tell us, so it's very difficult for those of us criticizing this law, it's very difficult for those to look at the law and perceive the law has given us fair treatment. the problem, i think, though, with the prosecution is that although they want to criticize the stand your ground law, the fact of the matter is, it really isn't a part of the case. remember, george zimmerman had the right to have the stand your ground hearing and he didn't have it. he refused to have it and he waived that hearing. so what he's standing on is the bake reassumption of self-defense, but we all know stand your ground is a fertile ground in florida and these jurors will have to decide the fate of george zimmerman based on stand your ground as well as the common principles, the historic principles of self-defense. >> paul, in your view, self-defense is a historical

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