Sybrina Fulton will appear at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Trayvon Martin's mom to visit Hill

The mother of Trayvon Martin will testify at a Senate hearing on “Stand Your Ground” laws next week, Senator Dick Durbin announced on Thursday.

Sybrina Fulton, the mother of the 17-year-old Martin who was slain in Florida in 2012, will be a witness at a hearing chaired by Durbin (D-Ill.) that will explore the “civil rights and public safety implications” of state laws that allow deadly force to be used by citizens to protect themselves, according to media guidance. The hearing will be held on Tuesday.


Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law was not used in the defense of George Zimmerman, who was accused of murdering Martin but was found not guilty in June, though the state’s law and Zimmerman’s claims of self defense did delay Zimmerman’s arrest as well as fuel a national debate about “Stand Your Ground” laws.