Hi one_less; This is what I got from reading the report: "
On Aug. 1, 2010, Alexander was working for a payroll software company. She was estranged from her husband, Rico Gray, and had a restraining order against him, even though they'd had a baby together just nine days before. Thinking he was gone, she went to their former home to retrieve the rest of her clothes, family members said.
An argument ensued, and Alexander said she feared for her life when she went out to her vehicle and retrieved the gun she legally owned. She came back inside and ended up firing a shot into the wall, which ricocheted into the ceiling.
Gray testified that he saw Alexander point the gun at him and looked away before she fired the shot. He claims she was the aggressor, and he had begged her to put away the weapon.
A judge threw out Alexander's "stand your ground" self-defense claim, noting that she could have run out of the house to escape her husband but instead got the gun and went back inside. Alexander rejected a plea deal that would have resulted in a three-year prison sentence and chose to go to trial. A jury deliberated 12 minutes before convicting her.
http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/313726.html
Note to self: Even when you're in the presence of someone you dislike, try to resist the urge to go get your gun so that you can shoot it into the wall. NOT A GOOD IDEA.
If she was worried about getting her clothes back, the legal thing to do would be to call the police in the hopes that they would mediate, or to file a lawsuit.
Scaring people with a gun is against the law. That said, I think the sentence is excessive.
-- Carl |
