Florida Woman given 20 year sentence in Stand Your Ground case

Florida's stand your ground law sparked controversy with the Trayvon Martin case and now it's sparking more with 31 year old, Marissa Alexander.

Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot to escape her abusive husband on Friday.

Her attorneys cited the Stand Your Ground law, claiming that Alexander was acting in self-defense.

The judge and the jury ruled the Stand Your Ground law out because she left and returned with a gun.

Angela Corey, the State Attorney responsible for the Trayvon Martin case, offered Alexander a 3 year sentence before the trial, but she refused.

Alexander's attorney, Kevin Cobbin, does not believe that the Stand Your Ground Law is applied fairly.

"The law was made for people like Ms. Alexander. They did not make it for people running around the streets shooting people. They made it for women in their homes trying to defend themselves against abusive men," he said.
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