well not really but the liberals want it to be..
in fact it is about as clear as it can get that it was a case of her following the Biden defense,.. and not stand your ground..
(boy that idiot sure has caused alot of problems for those not smart enough to ignore his illegal advice)
ok,.. a bit murky.. he verbally threatened her,.. then relented, she left.. got gun and warned the bastard.. sounds fair.. he deserved it.. heck considering she went back to him.. it sounds like they deserve each other..
but if you read the entire article you can see why she was denied the stand your ground defense..
but why 20 years
I am in favor of strong laws.. and feel that min sentences work in reining in liberal justices who want to be lenient despite the severity of the crime...
but often absolutes do not work.. as this case shows..
in fact it is about as clear as it can get that it was a case of her following the Biden defense,.. and not stand your ground..
(boy that idiot sure has caused alot of problems for those not smart enough to ignore his illegal advice)
http://mediatrackers.org/florida/2013/07/16/no-marissa-alexanders-conviction-was-not-a-reverse-trayvon-martin-case-in-floridaNo, Marissa Alexander’s Conviction Was Not a “Reverse Trayvon Martin” Case in Florida
In the wake of George Zimmerman’s acquittal on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges, many media outlets have focused their attention on Marissa Alexander, an African-American woman in Florida who unsuccessfully asserted a so-called “Stand Your Ground” defense in 2011 and is now serving a prison sentence of 20 years on multiple accounts of aggravated assault with a firearm.
An argument then ensued between Gray and Alexander, and Gray initially prevented Alexander from leaving the bathroom during the altercation. Alexander eventually managed to get around Gray to exit the bathroom.
Alexander’s actions following that moment are what differentiate her case from that of George Zimmerman.
After Alexander exited the bathroom and re-entered the master bedroom, Gray left the bedroom and headed to the living room where his sons were located. At that point, Alexander left the master bedroom, passing Gray, his two children, and the unobstructed front and back doors of the house on her way to the garage. Once in the garage, she retrieved a handgun from her vehicle’s glove box and then went back into the kitchen, where she “pointed it in the direction of all three [v]ictims.” Although Gray put his hands in the air, Alexander fired the gun, “nearly missing [Gray's] head” and sending a bullet “through the kitchen wall and into the ceiling in the living room.”
Gray and his sons fled the home and immediately called 911. Alexander stayed in the home and never called 911.
Alexander’s defenders also point to Gray’s eventual deposition as proof of Alexander’s claim of self defense. In that deposition, Gray said he had all but threatened to kill Alexander, that he knew she could not leave the home through the garage because it was broken, and that she never pointed the gun at him or his children.
Gray later admitted to lying in his deposition to protect Alexander.
“At the hearing [on Alexander's motion for a retrial], [Gray] denied threatening to kill his wife, adding, ‘I begged and pleaded for my life when she had the gun.’”
Alexander’s claim that she fired only a warning shot, as opposed to firing at Gray and merely missing, also rings somewhat hollow. Her claim that she fired a warning shot, instead of a shot at center mass to stop the aggressor’s attack, suggests that she did not believe that deadly force was actually necessary.
ok,.. a bit murky.. he verbally threatened her,.. then relented, she left.. got gun and warned the bastard.. sounds fair.. he deserved it.. heck considering she went back to him.. it sounds like they deserve each other..
but if you read the entire article you can see why she was denied the stand your ground defense..
but why 20 years
FLORIDA’S HARSH MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS
State prosecutors initially offered Alexander a plea deal of three years in prison. She rejected the deal. Upon conviction, she was sentenced to a mandatory minimum of 20 years in prison. Under Florida law, often referred to as “10-20-Life” for its tiered minimum sentencing requirements, any person convicted of aggravated assault combined with the discharge of a deadly weapon “shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 20 years.”
In Alexander’s case, she might have received a lesser sentence under Florida law if she had killed Gray and been convicted of manslaughter rather than shooting at him and missing.
“That means if Alexander had actually killed her husband or one of his sons and been found guilty of manslaughter, she could have instead gotten as little as time served,” the Florida paper noted.
I am in favor of strong laws.. and feel that min sentences work in reining in liberal justices who want to be lenient despite the severity of the crime...
but often absolutes do not work.. as this case shows..