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In reply to the discussion: COURT FINALLY OVERTURNS MARISSA ALEXANDER’S 20 YEAR SENTENCE. [View all]Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)The jury that did hear everything allowable under the law, found her guilty after 12 minutes of deliberation. Perhaps they are privy to some things that did not make it into the media.
It is very simple and this isn't anything new, you do not fire warning shots. They are illegal and you WILL go to jail. You don't use a lethal weapon to send a message.
SYG simply means you do not have to retreat if threatened if you are somewhere you are entitled to be. She lost the SYG because she chose to retreat and because she was not living at the house at the time. For that matter her stand off with the police alone would have gotten her jail time.
I know you don't like much of what I've said and maybe you think my answers are wrong and that the laws should be changed, maybe they should, maybe they shouldn't, either way it isn't up to me.