Will Weatherford to Call Hearing on 'Stand Your Ground' law

Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford says he'll be asking the chairman of the House Criminal Justice Committee to hold a hearing to review the controversial Stand Your Ground law in the fall. Weatherford said the law's value and effectiveness should be reviewed in an op-ed piece published Friday in the Tampa Tribune.

"Does the law keep the innocent safer? Is it being applied fairly? Are there ways we can make this law clearer and more understandable?These are appropriate questions that should be asked and answered," wrote Weatherford.

Although Weatherford called for a hearing on Stand Your Ground, he still continued to reject calls for a special session to reconsider the law, which has gathered considerable criticism in the wake of George Zimmerman's acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin. Stand Your Ground was not invoked in the trial.