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

[Joe Campbell]

I wonder how much of the injustice is prior to the trial -- the criminal
investigation, for instance. Joe


On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Rosemary Huskey <donaldrose at cpcinternet.com
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> 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.  ****
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> *Subject:* [Vision2020] Florida mom gets 20 years for firing warning shots
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> Fla. mom gets 20 years for firing warning shots****
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> (CBS News) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Florida woman who fired warning shots
> against her allegedly abusive husband has been sentenced to 20 years in
> prison.****
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> 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.****
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> CBS Affiliate WETV<http://www.actionnewsjax.com/mostpopular/story/Jacksonville-mother-sentenced-to-20-years/ZVGhtAMlEUC2A_TTNRirkw.cspx> reports
> that Circuit Court Judge James Daniel handed down the sentence Friday.****
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> 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.
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> "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."****
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> 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.****
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> 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.****
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> Alexander's attorney said she was clearly defending herself and should not
> have to spend the next two decades behind bars.****
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> 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.****
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> [image: 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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