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In reply to the discussion: Already, another Trayvon Martin incident has just happened [View all]GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)She left the house, went to her car, got her gun, returned and fired in the direction her husband and her two children. I guess firing in the direction of her kids is OK in your book.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3328433
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-george-zimmerman-marissa-alexander-20130717,0,4248003.story
Instead, she got her gun from the garage and fired a shot in the direction of Rico Gray, her husband, and his two boys, 9 and 13. The 911 call Gray placed after the shooting indicated he was fleeing and scared for his life. Alexander also reportedly sought out Gray at his safe house a few months after the shooting and instigated a fight that left him with a bloodied eye.
With three victims testifying against her, Alexander was convicted of aggravated assault. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison under Floridas 10-20-Life minimum sentencing law, which requires anyone who fires a gun during an aggravated assault to serve 20 years.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/marissa-alexander-prosecutor_n_1504428.html
She said the facts dont support Alexanders self-defense claim. Just before Alexander went into the garage and retrieved her pistol, she told Gray, I got something for your ass, Corey said.
While Alexanders family and her attorney have claimed Alexander fired a warning shot into the ceiling, Corey said a bullet hole in the wall shows the gun was aimed much lower. The shot Alexander fired appears to have struck to the right of an archway between the kitchen and living room, where Gray and his two young sons were.
Leaving, getting a gun, then returning voids a claim of self-defense. Here husband was indeed an abusive asshole, but here shot didn't meet the criteria for self-defense. You can't leave, get a gun, come back shooting and claim self-defense.