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36. A few things about the Marissa Alexander case

I think the decision by the judge in that case was wrong. I think that the judge should have granted the defendant's stand your ground motion and the case should never have gone to trial. It seems, however, that a lot of people here think that the stand your ground law should be repealed.

I also think the 20 year sentence, over which the court had no discretion, was unjust. HOwever, that sentence was the product of a mandatory and enhanced sentencing law of the kind that is generally supported by those in favor of stronger laws against crimes committed with guns.

Finally, I'd note that the jury in the Alexander case included an African-American woman. Yet even she voted to convict.

Again, I think its an unjust result not because of Stand Your Ground but because Stand Your Ground wasn't applied correctly. And to the extent its the result of an insane law, its the law that mandated a 20 year sentence for a crime committed with a gun (10 years) with another ten years tacked on automatically because the gun was fired.