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Zimmerman got off scott free for killing an un-armed black teen while a black woman was sentenced for 20 years for shooting her gun into the air to scare off her abusive husband.
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Actually Zimmerman got off because he shot Martin in self-defence. Martin was assaulting Zimmerman, which is a crime. Zimmerman followed Martin which it might be creepy and un-PC, but it is NOT a crime.
And no, Martin didn't have the right to beat up Zimmerman in self-defence or use the "Stand Your Ground" law because an IMAGINARY threat is different from a REAL threat. Imagine that.
If Zimmerman would have been found guilty anyone could shoot anyone else that spooked them because they "imagined" a threat. You see the difference? Fists hitting your face: real threat. Someone following you: spooky but not active threat.
As for the Florida woman's case, you really should google some facts about it. Just like the Zimmerman case, the media is sensationalizing the case and taking facts out of context.
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/07...0-20-life-laws
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Marissa Alexander committed aggravated assault (a felony) when she pointed and fired her gun AT her husband.
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?A warning shot is when you shoot into the air, you shoot down on the ground, you don?t shoot straight at somebody 6 feet off the ground,? said Kuritz, in an interview with HLN?s Vinnie Politan on ?HLN After Dark.? ?[The shot] was at eye level with my client, right above his 12-year-old. When you have a 12-year-old child who testified to a jury that ?I thought I was fixin? to die,? I?m sorry that is not a misdemeanor?When you shoot a gun that puts a 12-year-old child in fear for his life, that changes things and I think it was prosecuted appropriately.?
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Her OWN KID testified that she shot AT her husband. And
she got the 20 years because of Florida's 10-20-life law which specifies minimum sentences when a gun is fired WHILE COMMITTING A FELONY, which is what aggravated assault is.
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Florida?s ?10-20-Life? law requires courts to impose a minimum of 10 years, 20 years or 25 years to life in prison for certain felony convictions involving the use or attempted use of a firearm or other deadly weapon. So in the case of aggravated assault with a firearm, the court must impose the mandatory minimum sentence that is already set out by law ? 20 years.
According to Florida law, aggravated assault is an assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill; or, with intent to commit a felony.
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And as you read the story, the picture of Marissa Alexander as some kind of martyred wife crumbles.