Florida woman sentenced to 20 years for firing a warning shot

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(CNN) -- Saying he had no discretion under state law, a judge sentenced a Jacksonville, Florida, woman to 20 years in prison Friday for firing a warning shot in an effort to scare off her abusive husband.

After the sentencing, Rep. Corrine Brown confronted State Attorney Angela Corey in the hallway, accusing her of being overzealous, according to video from CNN affiliate WJXT.
"There is no justification for 20 years," Brown told Corey during an exchange frequently interrupted by onlookers. "All the community was asking for was mercy and justice," she said.

Corey said the case deserved to be prosecuted because Alexander fired in the direction of a room where two children were standing.
Alexander said she was attempting to flee her husband, Rico Gray, on August 1, 2010, when she picked up a handgun and fired a shot into a wall.
She said her husband had read cell phone text messages that she had written to her ex-husband, got angry and tried to strangle her.
She said she escaped and ran to the garage, intending to drive away. But, she said, she forgot her keys, so she picked up her gun and went back into the house. She said her husband threatened to kill her, so she fired one shot.
"I believe when he threatened to kill me, that's what he was absolutely going to do," she said. "That's what he intended to do. Had I not discharged my weapon at that point, I would not be here."
Alexander's attorneys tried to use the state law that allows people to use potentially deadly force anywhere they feel reasonably threatened with serious harm or death.
But a previous judge in the case rejected the request, saying Alexander's decision to go back into the house was not consistent with someone in fear for her safety, according to the Florida Times Union newspaper.
A jury convicted Alexander in March and Judge James Daniel denied her request for a new trial in April.
Daniel handed down the sentence Friday after an emotional sentencing hearing during which Alexander's parents, 11-year-old daughter and pastor spoke on her behalf.
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Between this, Stand your Ground, Sex Offenders, Jorts etc..... I have no intention of stepping back in that state again.
 
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(CNN) -- Saying he had no discretion under state law, a judge sentenced a Jacksonville, Florida, woman to 20 years in prison Friday for firing a warning shot in an effort to scare off her abusive husband.

After the sentencing, Rep. Corrine Brown confronted State Attorney Angela Corey in the hallway, accusing her of being overzealous, according to video from CNN affiliate WJXT.
"There is no justification for 20 years," Brown told Corey during an exchange frequently interrupted by onlookers. "All the community was asking for was mercy and justice," she said.

Corey said the case deserved to be prosecuted because Alexander fired in the direction of a room where two children were standing.
Alexander said she was attempting to flee her husband, Rico Gray, on August 1, 2010, when she picked up a handgun and fired a shot into a wall.
She said her husband had read cell phone text messages that she had written to her ex-husband, got angry and tried to strangle her.
She said she escaped and ran to the garage, intending to drive away. But, she said, she forgot her keys, so she picked up her gun and went back into the house. She said her husband threatened to kill her, so she fired one shot.
"I believe when he threatened to kill me, that's what he was absolutely going to do," she said. "That's what he intended to do. Had I not discharged my weapon at that point, I would not be here."
Alexander's attorneys tried to use the state law that allows people to use potentially deadly force anywhere they feel reasonably threatened with serious harm or death.
But a previous judge in the case rejected the request, saying Alexander's decision to go back into the house was not consistent with someone in fear for her safety, according to the Florida Times Union newspaper.
A jury convicted Alexander in March and Judge James Daniel denied her request for a new trial in April.
Daniel handed down the sentence Friday after an emotional sentencing hearing during which Alexander's parents, 11-year-old daughter and pastor spoke on her behalf.
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So let me get this straight, she escaped to the car to get away, came back in because she forgot her keys... but left the kids inside with this violent man? Plus you have Corrine Brown jumping in the chaos?

Yeah, I supposed to take her side of the story. OK...
 
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One more thing... how are you "standing your ground" when you leave the scene of the conflict and then turn around and re-enter the scene with a weapon?
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
So let me get this straight, she escaped to the car to get away, came back in because she forgot her keys... but left the kids inside with this violent man? Plus you have Corrine Brown jumping in the chaos?

Yeah, I supposed to take her side of the story. OK...
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If you are just trying to get away from someone who you believe is trying to kill you, you are not thinking clearly enough to remember to get the car keys. It's fight or flight mode.
 
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WA_Vol said:
If you are just trying to get away from someone who you believe is trying to kill you, you are not thinking clearly enough to remember to get the car keys. It's fight or flight mode.
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I can buy that... But then she goes back in with the gun. Not with the intent of getting her kids, but getting her keys. Instead, she puts them in more danger by not only leaving them with an alleged abusive man, but then fires off a round that could have hurt/killed them.

Plus, we don't know from this story what the husband's side of the story is. I also thinks it speaks volumes that a jury only needed 12 minutes to deliberate... That has got to be close to a world record. That means that there had to be some more evidence that the media is not showing that makes this woman guilty as hell. If there was any gray area, you would have had some kind of debating going on that would have stretched out the deliberating for longer than 12 minutes. You can't even get a steak dinner in most places in 12 minutes.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
I can buy that... But then she goes back in with the gun. Not with the intent of getting her kids, but getting her keys. Instead, she puts them in more danger by not only leaving them with an alleged abusive man, but then fires off a round that could have hurt/killed them.

Plus, we don't know from this story what the husband's side of the story is. I also thinks it speaks volumes that a jury only needed 12 minutes to deliberate... That has got to be close to a world record. That means that there had to be some more evidence that the media is not showing that makes this woman guilty as hell. If there was any gray area, you would have had some kind of debating going on that would have stretched out the deliberating for longer than 12 minutes. You can't even get a steak dinner in most places in 12 minutes.
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I think the problem was more the sentence then the conviction. She was convicted of aggravated assault pretty quickly.
But a sentence of 20 years? Someone without a criminal record?
 
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WA_Vol said:
I think the problem was more the sentence then the conviction. She was convicted of aggravated assault pretty quickly.
But a sentence of 20 years? Someone without a criminal record?
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I think I read somewhere she was offered a plea deal where her sentence would have been three years, but she turned it down.

I think 20 years is excessive, but the lack of concern for her children is troubling. If she feared for her own life why was she not afraid for their lives, or at least their safety? Most mothers I know would die for their children, not leave them behind.
 
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with good behavior she might get down to 8, 5 seems tough to do.

Weezer said:
I think I read somewhere she was offered a plea deal where her sentence would have been three years, but she turned it down.

I think 20 years is excessive, but the lack of concern for her children is troubling. If she feared for her own life why was she not afraid for their lives, or at least their safety? Most mothers I know would die for their children, not leave them behind.
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She was offered a plea deal for 3 years.
I still dont think she should have gotten any time. When did it become a crime to fire a gun?
She did not fire at anyone intentionally.
She was afraid and tried to get her husband to stop strangling her.

Rasputin_Vol said:
You gotta send a message. Enough is enough with this nonsense.
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What is the message?
That it is wrong to fire a warning shot?
The legal system needs to send a message about that?
This sentence just seems wrong to me.
 
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WA_Vol said:
What is the message?
That it is wrong to fire a warning shot?
The legal system needs to send a message about that?
This sentence just seems wrong to me.
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She left the house and came back in the house with a weapon.

What part of that is hard to understand?
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
She left the house and came back in the house with a weapon.

What part of that is hard to understand?
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How is she going to leave the home without her car keys?
Is she really going to re-enter the home without the gun? He just tried to strangle her.


He tries to strangle her he doesn't get any time.
She fires a warning shot so she can get away from him and she gets 20 years.
I have a problem with that.
 
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