they have three options before them: guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of manslaughter or not guilty. but the future of florida s stand your ground law, the controversial law at the start of this trial, is just as uncertain. he didn t want to know about stand your ground. didn t want the police to know he knew about it. stand your ground, what s that? and let me suggest to you, in the end, this case is not about standing your ground, it s about staying in your car like he was taught to do, like he was supposed to do, and he can t now cloak himself with the noble cause of a neighborhood watch coordinator violate its cornerstone principle and expect you to absolve him of his guilt. frank copyland is a criminal