The debate focused on the controversial “Stand Your Ground” (SYG) self-defense law, which garnered national attention after the fatal shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin in February 2012. Twenty-two states now have some variation of SYG law. Attorney General Eric Holder has said he will actively pursue the repeal of SYG laws because such laws “senselessly expand the concept of self-defense and sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods." Legal and policy experts will debate Holder’s call for the repeal of SYG laws, and then participate in a Q&A session with the audience.