Updated 6:50 p.m., Stand your ground provision in Ohio bill under fire

File photo. State Rep. Tim Brown (R-Bowling Green)

A bill passed by the Ohio House of Representatives this week is under fire because of a controversial change that would no longer require people to retreat before using deadly force in self-defense while in public.
Referred to by some as a stand-your-ground law, the provision is well known because of its involvement in the case of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed an unarmed teenager in Florida last year and said he was under attack. Zimmerman did not cite the law in his defense, and was found not guilty of manslaughter this summer.