Woman sentenced 20 years for firing shot

Jiro said:
huh? I meant exactly what I said. Gun is not for a warning shot. It's shoot to kill. Period.

I think you don't really understand what I was saying and we'll just leave it at that.
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I was team in track and field at high school and the man use gun to shoot means GO!!!

There are some prisons use warning shot to put in lockdown.
 
Foxrac said:
I was team in track and field at high school and the man use gun to shoot means GO!!!
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it isn't a real gun anyway :lol:

Foxrac said:
There are some prisons use warning shot to put in lockdown.
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I don't know who does that but what's for sure is that armed citizens aren't allowed to fire off a warning shot when it comes to self-defense. Self-Defense law protects you when you shot a person in defense but nowhere in the law legally allows nor protects you from sounding off a warning shot.
 
Jiro said:
this woman was sentenced to 20 years for breaking a firearm law. :ty:

I see that you're in a piss about "feel free to make a new thread about it" thing. well if you're gonna do that, at least do it right in a coherent manner. in case you don't understand, there's nothing wrong with current firearm laws. It was her judgment that is in the wrong, not firearm laws. Corey was very sympathetic to her but Alexander broke the law. That's why she offered her a great deal. in fact - the best deal I've ever seen considering that it's a mandatory 20-years maximum. And Alexander pissed that away. Why? I don't know. self-entitlement? Just because her estranged husband was an abusive S.O.B. doesn't mean she can break a law to protect herself. If she's a law-abiding citizen, then she should accept the consequence of her action.

Corey didn't write the law. Florida did.
Corey didn't convict her. The jury did.
Corey didn't sentence her to 20 years. The judge did.
Corey offered her a 3-years sentence. Alexander took a gamble and lost.

a 3-years deal.... oye. another poor judgment she made in this case too. what a shame.
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You are 100% correct, however you are wrong about 20 yrs maximum. It's 20 yrs minimum.

Here is the link regarding 10-20-Life law in FLA. Florida 10-20-LIFE -- Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences
 
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I think the sentence was a bit harash. when left to get the gun she should have gone for help and let the police handle the rest. I agree with jiro no warning shot. Shoot to kill.
 
What I don't understand is that whether or not the defendant lawyer had explained 10-20-Life law to the defendant and had recommended that she takes the deal offered by the DA. If the lawyer had not done that, obviously he wanted more money from her.
 
CrazyPaul said:
What I don't understand is that whether or not the defendant lawyer had explained 10-20-Life law to the defendant and had recommended that she takes the deal offered by the DA. If the lawyer had not done that, obviously he wanted more money from her.
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With all the protests and marching due to this case (and many other cases before this, evn some cases that are "current")....I'm confident the lawyers felt the protests would get her off (that's the way I feel). Sort of using it as an "example", and thumbing their noses at the Law....but it back-fired...and anyhow, they are appealing the sentence, so it's not quite over yet.
 
the states attorney offered her a plea bargain of three years. she gambled and lost. tough cookies. shoulda took the three years.... that's what plea bargaining is for.
 
CrazyPaul said:
What I don't understand is that whether or not the defendant lawyer had explained 10-20-Life law to the defendant and had recommended that she takes the deal offered by the DA. If the lawyer had not done that, obviously he wanted more money from her.
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I think lawyer strongly advised her to take the deal but Alexander has every power to make a choice. She must have thought she could win based on pity and sympathy from jury.

and...... the jury convicted her. sad but everybody (jury, prosecutor, and judge) did a right thing by following the laws. only she made a wrong choice in here... not once but twice by firing off a warning shot and rejecting a plea bargain...

at this point - I surely do hope that Governor would commute her sentence but not pardon her since she clearly broke the law.
 
Jiro said:
I think lawyer strongly advised her to take the deal but Alexander has every power to make a choice. She must have thought she could win based on pity and sympathy from jury.

and...... the jury convicted her. sad but everybody (jury, prosecutor, and judge) did a right thing by following the laws. only she made a wrong choice in here... not once but twice by firing off a warning shot and rejecting a plea bargain...

at this point - I surely do hope that Governor would commute her sentence but not pardon her since she clearly broke the law.
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I think that court system in Florida is better than Texas because of less flawed but still too flawed. I got share from friend about numerous innocent people got executed because they have 2 total separate court - civil and criminal so criminal court hardly overturn it if inmates prove that they are innocent, even factual from DNA or not related in crime evidences.

The court in Alabama is tough and flawed, and we are #1 most overcrowded prison that maintain at 190% capacity with fewer beds so some inmates are not get any bed at all, except for sleep on floor. There is 1 bed in one cell but they packed 5-6 people in same cell with one bed. If you commit misdemeanor crime like small steal, vandalize the property, smoke the weeds, etc so you will goes to prison for length of time. I heard about smoke the weeds are felony in Alabama and you could get 20-30 years in prison. :ugh:
 
Jiro said:
this woman was sentenced to 20 years for breaking a firearm law. :ty:

I see that you're in a piss about "feel free to make a new thread about it" thing. well if you're gonna do that, at least do it right in a coherent manner. in case you don't understand, there's nothing wrong with current firearm laws. It was her judgment that is in the wrong, not firearm laws. Corey was very sympathetic to her but Alexander broke the law. That's why she offered her a great deal. in fact - the best deal I've ever seen considering that it's a mandatory 20-years maximum. And Alexander pissed that away. Why? I don't know. self-entitlement? Just because her estranged husband was an abusive S.O.B. doesn't mean she can break a law to protect herself. If she's a law-abiding citizen, then she should accept the consequence of her action.

Corey didn't write the law. Florida did.
Corey didn't convict her. The jury did.
Corey didn't sentence her to 20 years. The judge did.
Corey offered her a 3-years sentence. Alexander took a gamble and lost.

a 3-years deal.... oye. another poor judgment she made in this case too. what a shame.
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And this all happened a couple of years ago .... it is not about firearms laws, it is about threatening with menace. She could have threatened her husband with a banana, or a golf club, or a machete, or a hammer ...

The Judge's ruling on the motion to dismiss was last summer - long before the Trayvon incident.

Do we know all the facts that were discussed at that hearing? You are claiming to know them ...
 
Steinhauer said:
And this all happened a couple of years ago .... it is not about firearms laws, it is about threatening with menace. She could have threatened her husband with a banana, or a golf club, or a machete, or a hammer ...

The Judge's ruling on the motion to dismiss was last summer - long before the Trayvon incident.
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in this case.... it's a firearm law. not banana, or golf club, or machete, or a hammer.
 
Steinhauer said:
And this all happened a couple of years ago .... it is not about firearms laws, it is about threatening with menace. She could have threatened her husband with a banana, or a golf club, or a machete, or a hammer ...
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Wow, oh my... your post is too silliest but not try to offend you. :aw:
 
Jiro said:
I think lawyer strongly advised her to take the deal but Alexander has every power to make a choice. She must have thought she could win based on pity and sympathy from jury....
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Or she thought she could win because she believed she was truly innocent of wrongdoing.

The prosecutor must have also believed that the defendant had a good chance of winning her case or else she wouldn't have been offered such a generous deal.
 
diehardbiker said:
20 years for this? I think it is too harsh because murder has not happened.
I understand that it could not be justified due to the accuser returned to the place. I think 5 years is enough.
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I know. Unfortunately, the law requires a minimum 20 years for the sentence.

Maybe she can do better on an appeal.
 
Quote from Florida 10-20-LIFE -- Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences:

"Mandates a minimum 20 year prison term when the firearm is discharged"

That's what happened in this incident. It doesn't apply to SYG.

What's more, it states "10-20-LIFE has helped to drive down Florida's violent-gun crime rates by 30%". If you carry a gun and don't like that law, then don't live there.
 
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I have read somewhere that she also went back to the home after the incident with the gun and gave the man a black eye. :hmm:
 
Babyblue said:
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I have read somewhere that she also went back to the home after the incident with the gun and gave the man a black eye. :hmm:
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If that's true, then she surely wasn't "scared" of the man as her lawyers tried to paint that picture!....Plus, with those children in the home, her shooting off a gun....so maybe 20 years isn't so bad after all.
 
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“Even the facts aren’t going to convince some people,” Corey said in referencing Brown’s unwillingness to accept the sentence.



Corey says Alexander violated probation by confronting her husband after being arrested for the initial shooting and giving him a black eye. She says that was made it more difficult to knock down her sentence.
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http://www.news4jax.com/news/20-year-sentence-for-firing-shot-sparks-outrage/-/475880/13071700/-/item/1/-/2ipw5jz/-/index.html
 
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