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Fla. mom gets 20 years for firing warning shots. (CBS)
more, with a picture, at the linkJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Florida woman who fired warning shots against her allegedly abusive husband has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Marissa Alexander of Jacksonville had said the state's "Stand Your Ground" law should apply to her because she was defending herself against her allegedly abusive husband when she fired warning shots inside her home in August 2010. She told police it was to escape a brutal beating by her husband, against whom she had already taken out a protective order.
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Under Florida's mandatory minimum sentencing requirements Alexander could [not] receive a lesser sentence, even though she has never been in trouble with the law before. Judge James Daniel said the law did not allow for extenuating or mitigating circumstances to reduce the sentence below the 20-year minimum.
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