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White Florida woman sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting Black neighbor in lengthy dispute (apnews.com)

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A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for her manslaughter conviction.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

here before presidential pardon on Jan 21st

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not a federal crime.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

we're now at the point where the law doesn't matter as they will just rewrite it to do whatever they want, get outta here with those legally true technicalities

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

I think you overestimate how much Trump cares about a person like this, if nothing else.