Thoughts on the Zimmerman trial..

[Askari]

Originally Posted by IV

If you research that case you'd find out she actually pulled a gun out and shot her husband during an argument. Stop falling for propaganda.

Nobody was injured; the official report stated she fired a shot into the wall that ricocheted into the ceiling.

She had a restraining order against him already which suggests he was violent/abusive. She was also offered a 3 year sentence in a plea bargain which she refused as she felt she the Stand Your Ground law would be a more than adequate defence. Unfortunately she lost (even though nobody was injured); the only option for a judge from there is to sentence either 10-20-L under the 1999 bill which aimed to toughen up on gun crime. How she got charged with aggravated assault with a fire arm I'll never know since nobody was physically harmed.

The real sticking point is: in her case she fired a shot into the wall because she felt the man - who she had a restraining order against for domestic abuse - was threatening her, nobody was harmed and she got 20 years; a young man was killed by a vigilante neighbourhood watchman - who also claimed to feel threatened - and he got off.

[Askari]

Originally Posted by IV

If you research that case you'd find out she actually pulled a gun out and shot her husband during an argument. Stop falling for propaganda.

Nobody was injured; the official report stated she fired a shot into the wall that ricocheted into the ceiling.

She had a restraining order against him already which suggests he was violent/abusive. She was also offered a 3 year sentence in a plea bargain which she refused as she felt she the Stand Your Ground law would be a more than adequate defence. Unfortunately she lost (even though nobody was injured); the only option for a judge from there is to sentence either 10-20-L under the 1999 bill which aimed to toughen up on gun crime. How she got charged with aggravated assault with a fire arm I'll never know since nobody was physically harmed.

The real sticking point is: in her case she fired a shot into the wall because she felt the man - who she had a restraining order against for domestic abuse - was threatening her, nobody was harmed and she got 20 years; a young man was killed by a vigilante neighbourhood watchman - who also claimed to feel threatened - and he got off.