Florida woman DOES NOT kill her attacker, gets 20 years

Well, sounds like they were both inside when she fired the warning shot.

But getting 20 years for making your ears nearly bleed or implied death threat doesn't compute. Something else has to be going on here.


But hey. It's freaking Florida. Could just be wanting to ensure other women folk dont "get uppity." <-- implied sarcasm about Southern ideology, just for clarity.


* Having had firearms discharge in tight enclosed spaces is beyond plain painful. Favorite BS part of movies is people talking in normal hushed tones after rapid fire inside or worse, in a car ... Always make me cringe inside on many levels.

Originally Posted by tip top toker

Yes, she used a lethal weapon to instill fear. That seems like abuse to me, NO MATTER what the husband may have done in the past. I am not saying that either is right in their actions, they are both guilty parties so far as i am concerned.

One can argue that there was no need for her to fire the gun in the first place because he had not abused her and as such she was not a victim in that instance. If the issue is that the husband put years of mental abuse on her, then she should have fucking left, not let it build up to the point where she just pulls out a gun.

Fantastic attempt to twist some words on the racism point, lol, quite clear you are not worth debating with. But you are ABSOLUTELY right, if there is no harm t body or property then there cannot possibly be a victim.

So she should have left her own property where he not supposed to be (she has a restraining order) and was wrong for firing a warning shot because she didn't want him to hurt her AGAIN, yet wasn't willing to kill him in order to ensure that? Not really understanding the logic behind this one. She was in fear for her life, on her property, had been abused by this man before and had kids in the house. He doesn't sound like a victim to me. He sounds blessed she didn't shoot his worthless ass.

Originally Posted by psari

Well, sounds like they were both inside when she fired the warning shot.

But getting 20 years for making your ears nearly bleed or implied death threat doesn't compute. Something else has to be going on here.


But hey. It's freaking Florida. Could just be wanting to ensure other women folk dont "get uppity." <-- implied sarcasm about Southern ideology, just for clarity.


* Having had firearms discharge in tight enclosed spaces is beyond plain painful. Favorite BS part of movies is people talking in normal hushed tones after rapid fire inside or worse, in a car ... Always make me cringe inside on many levels.

I thought there was more to the story too...so I looked it up. Apparently the conditions for the Stand Your Ground law are pretty vague and open to interpretation. The judge decided at his discretion that he felt she wasn't standing her ground, so she got hit up with attempted murder. And this still doesn't justify how someone can commit murder and get 15 years the day before her sentencing, and she hurt no one but got 20 years. Pedophiles get less time. There is no excuse for the justice system on this, except extreme incompetence and neglect of its citizens.

a history of abuse but she was still with him? she's an idiot. I have no sympathy for someone that stupid.

stak,

You're on ignore, narc.

Originally Posted by stak

a history of abuse but she was still with him? she's an idiot. I have no sympathy for someone that stupid.

She wasn't with him, she had a restraining order. Maybe should read more carefully before being so quick to judge.

Originally Posted by Lady.J

She wasn't with him, she had a restraining order. Maybe should read more carefully before being so quick to judge.

Why bother with printed facts - its much more fun to spew random condescending remarks that have no bearing on the story.

Originally Posted by tip top toker

Yes, she used a lethal weapon to instill fear. That seems like abuse to me, NO MATTER what the husband may have done in the past. I am not saying that either is right in their actions, they are both guilty parties so far as i am concerned.

One can argue that there was no need for her to fire the gun in the first place because he had not abused her and as such she was not a victim in that instance. If the issue is that the husband put years of mental abuse on her, then she should have fucking left, not let it build up to the point where she just pulls out a gun.

Fantastic attempt to twist some words on the racism point, lol, quite clear you are not worth debating with. But you are ABSOLUTELY right, if there is no harm t body or property then there cannot possibly be a victim.

There are more facts. The press is spin for the Advertising-Lobby-Congress-News, Industrial Complex. Gotta get to the facts.

She left the house, came back in with the gun in her hand and fired in the direction of her child's bedroom. The rest it is stories and excuses from both sides. And it's become a political football, like everything else until this Fall.

- reckless endangerment of the child and from the bullet paths, attempted murder of the husband. 20 years in FL.