Marissa Alexander Sentenced To 20 Years For Firing Gun At Her Ceiling
Alexander had invoked Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, like Trayvon Martin’s killer George Zimmerman, saying she fired a shot at the ceiling to defend herself from an abusive husband. But judges rejected her explanation, and she was given a sentence of 20 years at a hearing today. She plans to appeal.
Marissa Alexander Sentenced To 20 Years For Firing Gun At Her Ceiling
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Alexander had invoked Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, like Trayvon Martin’s killer George Zimmerman, saying she fired a shot at the ceiling to defend herself from an abusive husband. But judges rejected her explanation, and she was given a sentence of 20 years at a hearing today. She plans to appeal.
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Prescott Moncrieff a year agoStand your ground, not open your roof. In all seriousness, I don’t see the problem with shooting your own house. Given what we know about this case, it seems like a disproportionately harsh sentence. Was that an illegally owned weapon or something?
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Voss Pearson a year ago
didn’t she get the memo - stand your ground (if and only if you’re white)
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