[Vision2020] Florida mom gets 20 years for firing warning shots

[Rosemary Huskey]

Here’s  a link to justice for young black men in Florida <http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/16/florida.boot.camp.death/index.html> .  Trayvon Martin and Ms. Alexander share(d) the same ethnicity – and it ain’t white.  Florida, like much of the deep South,  has a long and unsavory history of racial injustice.  On the other hand, what prosecutor in his right (white) mind sits an all white jury and genuinely expects to win the case if the victim is black. Please read the following if you are interested in learning about what passes for justice for people of color in the United States.  http://www.sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/rd_stateratesofincbyraceandethnicity.pdf  The  heartbreaking travesty of the Zimmerman acquittal  has a single saving grace as far as I am concerned.  For the rest of his sorry life, George Zimmerman will wake up every morning with a feeling of dread about what the day might bring, and I take a great deal of comfort in that thought.  

 

Rose Huskey

 

 

From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 2:18 PM
To: Moscow Vision 2020
Subject: [Vision2020] Florida mom gets 20 years for firing warning shots

 

Courtesy of CBS News at:

 

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Fla. mom gets 20 years for firing warning shots


(CBS News) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Florida woman who fired warning shots against her allegedly abusive husband has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Marissa Alexander of Jacksonville had said the state's "Stand Your Ground" law should apply to her because she was defending herself against her allegedly abusive husband when she fired warning shots inside her home in August 2010. She told police it was to escape a brutal beating by her husband, against whom she had already taken out a protective order.

 <http://www.actionnewsjax.com/mostpopular/story/Jacksonville-mother-sentenced-to-20-years/ZVGhtAMlEUC2A_TTNRirkw.cspx> CBS Affiliate WETV reports that Circuit Court Judge James Daniel handed down the sentence Friday.

Under Florida's mandatory minimum sentencing requirements Alexander could receive a lesser sentence, even though she has never been in trouble with the law before. Judge Daniel said the law did not allow for extenuating or mitigating circumstances to reduce the sentence below the 20-year minimum.

"I really was crying in there," Marissa's 11-year-old daughter told WETV. "I didn't want to cry in court, but I just really feel hurt. I don't think this should have been happening."

Alexander was convicted of attempted murder after she rejected a plea deal for a three-year prison sentence. She said she did not believe she did anything wrong.

She was recently denied a new trial after appealing to the judge to reconsider her case based on Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law. The law states that the victim of a crime does not have to attempt to run for safety and can immediately retaliate in self-defense.

Alexander's attorney said she was clearly defending herself and should not have to spend the next two decades behind bars.

Alexander's case has drawn support from domestic abuse advocates - and comparison to the case of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who has claimed a "Stand Your Ground" defense in his fatal shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.

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Marissa Alexander of Jacksonville, Fla., received a 20-years prison sentence, Friday, May 11, 2012, for firing warning shots against her allegedly abusive husband. The judge rejected a defense under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law.

 

Image removed by sender. Marissa Alexander of Jacksonville, Fla., received a 20-years prison sentence, Friday, May 11, 2012, for firing warning shots against her allegedly abusive husband. The judge rejected a defense under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law.

 

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