Eric Holder: 'We need to change the law' after Trayvon Martin case

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Source: The Guardian

Eric Holder: 'We need to change the law' after Trayvon Martin case

Outgoing US attorney general to share ‘specific proposals’ on lowering standards of proof
for federal charges in civil rights cases

Amanda Holpuch in New York
Friday 27 February 2015 18.26 GMT

Days after the Justice Department announced it would not bring civil rights charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, attorney general Eric Holder said he planned to propose adjustments to federal civil rights laws before he steps down.

Holder said in interviews that in his final weeks in office, he plans to share “specific proposals” about lowering standards of proof for civil rights crimes.

“We do need to change the law. I do think the standard is too high,” Holder said in an interview with NBC News. “There needs to be a change with regard to the standard of proof.”

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/27/eric-holder-civil-rights-law-changes-trayvon-martin

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