an excerpt on the case
"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."
so she had a chance to walk away but instead came back armed and ended up shooting.
For whole story,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/19/marissa-alexander-gets-20_n_1530035.html
Granted 20 years is a really stiff sentence and i hope it gets knocked down. I don't think this has to do with racism. Leaving and coming back with a gun shows premeditation if anything. To draw a parallel to the zimmerman case if he had gone back to his house after spotting Trayvon to grab his gun it would've shown premeditation and he would've more then likely been charged as guilty. It's speaks alot to the intent of the person.
