Trayvon Martin’s Mother to Back Bill to Repeal 'Stand Your Ground'

The mother of Trayvon Martin will be in Floridas Capitol on Wednesday as part of a Democrat-run media conference announcing legislation to repeal the states Stand Your Ground law.

Sybrina Fulton is to be joined in the Capitol rotunda by Rep. Alan Williams, D-Tallahassee, and Sen. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, who are seeking to repeal theUse of Deadly Force in Defense of a Person statute.

Martin, 17, was shot Feb. 26, 2012, while walking through a Sanford gated community, returning from a 7-Eleven.

George Zimmerman, who has claimed self-defense under the states Stand Your Ground law in the shooting, continues to await a trial.