Stand Your Ground Case in Florida - Hannah Kalan 6th Period

Florida mom of three children was given a twenty year sentence for firing a gun towards a room with children in it. In the trial she tried to invoke the state's Stand Your Ground law, which states that if the person has no duty to leave if they have a lawful right to be where they are and that they can use any force necessary, including lethal, if they feel that they are in a situation of serious harm or death.
The original incident happened in August of 2010, when the woman convicted was trying to flee from her husband who, according to her account, was in the process of strangling her.
Monday, she took a plea deal that considerable reduced her sentence that resulted from a new trial due to the mishandled instructions given to the jury.

I personally think it's an interesting matter how things worked in this case for this woman. The only reason the law didn't protect her was because prosecutors insisted that it happen on the account that she shot in the direction of a room with children. It just amazes me that on that one account, that she was given a twenty year sentence, as no one was hurt and it was in an act of self defense. And at the very least she gets to be reunited with her family sooner than they'd originally planned, which is just fantastic.

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