a year after filing, genago made a 15-minute oral argument to the court. then they waited. on march 10th, 2000, gloria was busy advising other inmates. she had been behind bars for 14 years. somebody came running over and said, you re still here. i said, what are you talking about? she handed me the article from the l.a. times. and that s how i knew. gloria, you re going home. that was the only time i cried. i was just glad to hear it finally. what i had known for a long time. finally the 9th circuit looks at what happens and says, this is one of the most egregious cases i have ever seen. judge hawkins overruled the
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Alexander the first time, what makes us think a small legislative fix will make any difference the next time? joining me now, my colleague the reverend al sharpton from florida this evening. rev, it s good to have you. thank you, chris. good to be with you. so you re going to be participating in a rally, i believe, on march 10th around some of these issues having to do with stand your ground. you spent a lot of time in florida since the trayvon martin killing. what s your response to the florida legislature s moves? well, i think that it is a very cynical move because what they are doing is using marissa alexander s case, which many of us feel is an egregious case, but they re using it to continue to use the fact that people can fire weapons, can have guns, and it s an unusual alliance of the nra and some members of the legislature. let s not forget, chris, when governor jeb bush who was then-governor in 2005 when the
so you re going to be participating in a rally, i believe, on march 10th around some of these issues having to do with stand your ground. you spent a lot of time in florida since the trayvon martin killing. what s your response to the florida legislature s moves? well, i think that it is a very cynical move because what they are doing is using marissa alexander s case, which many of us feel is an egregious case, but they re using it to continue to use the fact that people can fire weapons, can have guns, and it s an unusual alliance of the nra and some members of the legislature. let s not forget, chris, when governor jeb bush who was then-governor in 2005 when the stand your ground law was signed by him, standsing behind him was a representative of the nra.
Her lawyers mounted a stand your ground defense insisting alexander thought her life was in danger. a judge rejected that defense and she was sentenced to 20 years in prison. alexander had since been granted a retrial, after a court found the judge gave the jury improper instructions. now angela corey s office is looking to put her away for 60 years. marissa alexander s case is being used to still florida s expansion of stand your ground, but stand your ground didn t provide justice to marissa alexander the first time, what makes us think a small legislative fix will make any difference the next time? joining me now, my colleague the reverend al sharpton from florida this evening. rev, it s good to have you. thank you, chris. good to be with you. so you re going to be participating in a rally, i believe, on march 10th around some of these issues having to do with stand your ground. you spent a lot of time in florida since the trayvon martin killing.