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« Antigun CO legislator has major rap sheet | Main | On a given day, anything is possible »

Marissa Alexander case

Posted by David Hardy · 16 July 2013 05:42 PM

It's generating some debate. This writer says it shows discrimination, when compared to the Zimmerman outcome: she just "fired a bullet into the wall of her home," to ward off an abusive husband

But this article contends there's more to the story. She and her husband had been arguing, she went to her car to get her gun, and returned. It was his house, they were living separately. The bullet went into wall close to her husband's head. The husband had been arrested three times for DV, but while she was out on bond she was arrested for battering him, and pled out.

The one thing both agree on is the draconian nature of Florida mandatory sentencing law, under which she got twenty years.

· Self defense

5 Comments | Leave a comment

Chris | July 16, 2013 7:29 PM | Reply

According to the court docs, the husband was standing next to his kids with his hands in the air when she fired her shot.

That is in NO WAY self defense.

Chris | July 16, 2013 7:31 PM | Reply

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Oh, and why cant I use my valid email address which is a google address? The one I have to use to post is my old one that no longer works.

Ken in NH | July 16, 2013 8:19 PM | Reply

Given what is alleged about this woman, I have to wonder if the husband's three DV arrests were because he had to physically defend himself and/or his children but the police were only concerned with her bruises and her story.

Jeff | July 16, 2013 10:20 PM | Reply

I am so happy to be married to a good woman who is not crazy. Nothing can utterly ruin your life like a bad spouse.

Jeff in Dallas | July 17, 2013 9:17 AM | Reply

Booker needs to be extended to all mandatory guidelines - minimums, enhancements, etc. A judge should always have discretion on the sentence.

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