BREAKING: Marissa Alexander Out In 38 Months!

Florida woman may be out of the iron college.

The Florida woman who used the stand your ground defense in a high profile case will finish her term. She was sentenced to three years in the iron college.

While on time out at home, Marissa Alexander agreed to a plea deal. She will admit guilt in the shooting but had to denounce the notion that "stand your ground" played a role.

The case has gained some public recognition because of the comparisons made to the widely covered George Zimmerman case, in which Zimmerman was prosecuted for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. Both cases were prosecuted by Florida State Prosecutor, Angela Corey, and, in both cases, Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law was implicated.

Buzzfeed reports Marissa Alexander, 31,may be on home time out after the remaining 65 days are fulfilled.

Alexander was charged after a 2010 altercation with Rico Gray, her estranged husband, during which she said she fired a “warning shot” into the ceiling with a legal firearm after he threatened her in their house.

In 2012, a Duval County jury initially found Alexander guilty on three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to harm and she was sentenced to 20 years. During the trial, Alexander claimed self-defense and rejected a plea agreement similar to the one she signed on Monday.

Before the trial, Gray admitted in a sworn statement that he was abusive to Alexander, calling her a “whore” and a “bitch,” and “hitting her in the mouth” because she wouldn't “shut up.”

Gray also admitted to an abusive past in his deposition. “I got five baby mamas and I put my hands on every last one of them except one,” Gray said.

In a statement released after she was found guilty, Alexander detailed the events of Aug. 1, 2010. She said that she fired the gun after Gray charged at her and yelled, “Bitch, I will kill you!” But the judge denied her “stand your ground” motion, saying Alexander could have exited the house instead of shooting.

Prosecutor Angela Corey also argued in court that Alexander was “angry” but “not in fear”.

During her appeal in July 2014, Alexander entered a new motion for a “stand your ground” hearing that was denied by the court.

This week, facing a new trial that could have led to 60 years in the iron college, Alexander agreed to the plea bargain, avoiding a mandatory 20-year term for the deadly weapon charge. She will likely be released on Jan. 27, 2015, after which she will serve two years of time out at home.

Guarded that if she causes one felony, it's back to the iron college.

I hope the best for Marissa Alexander. She hopefully rebound and move forward. We wish her well on her journey.

Gun Rights For Whites! Gun Control For Blacks, Latinos And Muslims!

Mom may get 20 in the iron college for legally having a firearm in a state that bans them.

In the Philadelphia area, a single mother may be facing time in the iron college in New Jersey after a routine patrol stop by an officer. It's obvious that the law abiding mother has her driver's license. She also acknowledged to the law that she was packing the heat.

This mother of two is a concealed carry owner. She owned heat. She had to protect herself after a few robberies happened in her North Philly in her home.

When she was pulled over in New Jersey, the encounter by the law has Shaneen Allen seeking help from the gun lobby. See in Pennsylvania, she has a license to carry a firearm. But in New Jersey, its not recognized.

Now she may get up to 20 in the iron college for this and it seems like she has no way to get out of this.

Most White conservative males are obsessed with firearms and kill in the name of a religion, politics, or unjustifiable events. When you see Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, or even Muslims with firearms, you see the very same people scream at the top their lungs about how it's our faults for most of America's crime.

They want control over us, but never control over them!

It's why we can't pass reasonable gun control laws.

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Marissa Alexander Could Get 60 In The Iron College!

Mom of three who fired a slug into the ceiling could get more time if the state prosecutor finds enough evidence to charge her. Marissa Alexander's trial will be coming up soon. The controversial shooting has proven that Florida's stand your ground law a joke. White guy kills Black person and gets no time in the iron college. Black person fires a slug and its lock 'em up!

A horrible result of shooting into a ceiling put Marissa Alexander in the iron college for 20 years.

A mistrial has her out for the time being. But the state prosecutor is seeking for longer sentence. She wants to put Alexander in the iron college for life. Just for shooting a slug into the ceiling to keep her abusive husband away.

The state known for its stupidity continues to be in the news again. They flock to Florida because of their low income taxes, the warmth and the weak gun laws.

We allow a man shoot and kill an unarmed teen. The teen was carrying a pack of Skittles and an Arizona ice tea on his way to his father's home. The shooter says the teen "was up to no good" and "those fucking punks always get away!"

We allow a man shoot and kill an unarmed teen. The teen and his friends were at a gas station and they get into an argument over hip-hop music being played loud. The shooter had called hip-hop "rap crap" or "thug music".

We allow a man shoot and kill an unarmed man. The man was texting on the phone in a movie theater. The shooter claimed that his life was in danger over a bag of popcorn and the man's towering height. The shooter had confronted other moviegoers over them being on the phone.

Wikipedia has a brief detail about the situation. It involves Angela Corey, a controversial state attorney who is accused of institutional racism. She would allow this woman who has no criminal record get life in the iron college for shooting into a ceiling

Angela Corey, the Florida state attorney who prosecuted the 31-year-old Marissa Alexander for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and obtained a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison generated controversy in the midst of the Trayvon Martin case.

Alexander argued that she fired a warning shot from a gun she was licensed to carry to defend herself from a life-threatening beating from her self-admitted abusive estranged husband, Rico Gray.

Alexander's shot hit the wall and deflected into the ceiling, injuring no one. Alexander, who had no previous criminal record or arrests, attempted a Stand Your Ground defense prior to trial but was unsuccessful.

State Attorney Corey met with the defendant and offered her a three year plea deal. Alexander rejected the offer and took her case to trial. A jury convicted her in twelve minutes and, because of the Florida 10-20-Life mandatory minimum statute, she was sentenced to a 20 years in prison.

Corey has been criticized for her handling of the case by Florida Democratic Congresswoman, Corrine Brown, who argued that Corey overcharged Alexander and the result of Alexander's case was a consequence of institutional racism.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, anti-domestic violence advocates, civil rights groups, and others have also supported the call for Alexander's release from prison.

Angela Corey wants to put Marissa Alexander in the iron college for life.

On September 26, 2013, an appellate court ordered a new trial, finding that the jury instructions in Alexander's trial impermissible and it shifted the burden of proof from the prosecution to the defense.

Alexander was released on bail on November 27, 2013 and required to stay under house arrest.

Angela Corey is now seeking to put Marissa in prison for 60 years rather than the original 20.

This is the woman who allow George Zimmerman to walk. Corey let Zimmerman continue on his path to destruction. Since his freedom, the asshole has created over a dozen incidents that would have put a Black person in the iron college.

This is the woman who allowed Michael Dunn get off with murder of Jordan Davis on a technicality. Although Dunn got 60 in the iron college, he didn't get life in the iron college for his deliberate murder of an unarmed teen.

This is a travesty of justice.

How could you put a woman who fired a slug into the ceiling of her own home in the iron college for life?

Here's a commentary from The Black Authority. Take discretion in viewing this. He's offering an opinion that may not be suitable for most audiences.

Michael Dunn Claims That Thug Music Drove Him To Kill Jordan Davis!

Michael Dunn displays his handling grip when he confronted teens at a store. He put ten slugs in the vehicle that Jordan Davis rode in. The teen's murder sparked outrage over the fact that Dunn claims that his life was threatened by a group of unarmed teens who were banging hip-hop music.

That paradise for stupidity is the state of Florida.

We are following the Jordan Davis murder trial. This case parallels the many events caused by the state sponsored "Stand Your Ground Law".

Last month a retired police officer Curtis Reeves shot and killed Chad Oulsen in a Tampa area movie theater over him texting on the phone. Reeves believes that a bag of popcorn thrown in his face is merit to shot a man a point blank range. Oulsen was killed and Reeves is facing second degree murder.

George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin became the talk of the nation. The shooting of unarmed Martin sparked outrage and a demand for the state's controversial governor Rick Scott to repeal the law. Scott maybe facing former governor Charlie Crist in a bid for reelection.

Zimmerman after post trial has cause over seven events which sparked outrage. The most recent outrage was this charity event where he was to step into the boxing ring with washed up celebrity DMX. That event was canceled after complaints.

Rhonda Rouer wipes tears. She tells her boyfriend Michael Dunn's side of the story.

Marissa Alexander was just granted bail after she was sentenced to 20 years in the iron college for shooting in her ceiling after she threatened her abuse husband. She became a focal point of that stupid law.

The Jordan Davis murder is a hotly watched event. The suspect Michael Dunn shot ten times at the 17 year old and his friends after they got into a heated confrontation over loud hip-hop music.

Last year, Dunn was charged with murder with reckless content.

Tommie Stornes tells a somber tale of losing his best friend.

Dunn is facing life in the iron college if the evidence showed that he provoked the event. In the trial, the family and friends of both Davis and Dunn came up to stand to testify.

One in particular was the girlfriend of Dunn. She was with Dunn during the time of the shooting. Dunn was returning from his son's wedding and decided to get some stuff from a Jacksonville convenience store.

His girlfriend goes in and he sits outside. Apparently Davis along with his friends were there blasting up their speakers listening to hip-hop music.

She was talking to him about the noise and he uttered a "I can't stand that 'thug' music".

That right there is the prosecution's way to nail him with reckless intent. The prosecution wants to say that Dunn was provoked by a group of teens who refused to listen to his concerns. Dunn was provoked by a group of teens who cranked the music even louder when he told them to turn that off.

The defense rested its case Tuesday, and then prosecutors called Dunn's fiancee back to the witness stand.

Ronald Davis and Lucia McBath are Jordan Davis parents. They watch the trial.

Rhonda Rouer contradicted Dunn’s assertion that he had told her he had seen a gun in the teens’ SUV. Closing arguments were expected Wednesday.

Prosecutors also played a video of Dunn’s jailhouse interview in which he couldn't explain why he didn't call police after the shooting. Also in it, detectives picked apart Dunn's story that he was threatened with a gun, saying no weapon was found on the teen and witnesses never described Davis making threats.
"I got a place on the beach. I got a great house. I got a great girl. We just got a new puppy," Dunn said.

"There is no reason for me to jeopardize that."

Of course he jeopardized that. He made the choice to use a firearm instead of a cellphone and piece of paper with a license number on it. He could lose all that in an instant if he's found guilty. He could lose all that in a civil lawsuit if found not guilty.

In his testimony, Dunn told jurors he was in Jacksonville with Rouer to attend his son’s wedding. He had brought along on the trip his 7-month-old dog, and at one point in testimony, he wiped away tears when talking about his fiancee and dog.

Graphic details were told by friends of Jordan Davis. They told the court that Michael Dunn provoked the event. This is Leland Brunson, one of the people in the SUV the night Dunn shot and killed Davis.

Dunn said he and Rouer went to the convenience store for wine and chips. He said he pulled into a spot next to an SUV where music with a “thumping” bass was playing.

"It got really loud," Dunn said. "My rear view mirror was shaking. My eardrums were vibrating. It was ridiculously loud."

Dunn said he asked the three men in the SUV to turn down the music and they turned it off. "I said, 'Thank you,'" Dunn said. But soon afterward, Dunn said he heard someone in the SUV shouting expletives and the word "cracker" at him. Dunn is white, and the teens in the SUV were black. Cracker is a derogatory term for white people.

The music was turned back on, and Dunn testified, "I wasn't going to ask for favors anymore."

Tevin Thompson explains the controversial shooting.

Dunn said the men in the SUV had "menacing expressions," and he asked the teens whether they were talking about him. He said he wanted to calm down the situation but saw a teen in the backseat reach down for something which he slammed into the car door. Dunn said it looked as if the barrel of a shotgun was sticking out the window.

One of the teens stepped out of the SUV, Dunn said, and he felt "this was a clear and present danger." He reached for his pistol in a glove box.

Dunn, who had a concealed weapons permit, fired nine shots into the car, according to an affidavit. Once his fiancee returned to the car, he drove off out of fear of the SUV returning, he said.

He described having "tunnel vision," with everything focused on his target.

No weapons were found in the SUV.

Dunn said he told Rouer on the drive back to the hotel that he had shot in self-defense.

"I didn't do anything wrong," Dunn said he told her.

Dunn and Rouer drove back to their hotel and Dunn said he didn't call the police because his focus was on the well-being of Rouer, whom he described as in hysterics. The next morning, Dunn said, Rouer insisted she wanted to go home and they drove back to their home in Brevard County, 175 miles away. There, Dunn said he contacted a neighbor who is in law enforcement for advice on how to turn himself in to authorities.

During cross-examination, prosecutor John Guy challenged Dunn’s assertion that he had told Rouer after the shooting that he thought one of the teens had a gun.

Jordan Davis didn't hurt no one.

"You never told the love of your life that those guys had a gun," Guy said. "Did you?"

Dunn responded, "You were not there."

Guy challenged Dunn on other parts of his story, citing letters Dunn had written from jail and interviews with investigators. The prosecutor said Dunn had told detectives the day after the shooting that it could have been a stick he saw pointing from the vehicle. But Dunn countered he was just suggesting a far-fetched possibility.

Guy also suggested that Dunn was angry because he was being disrespected by a young black man. Dunn responded, “I was being threatened, not disrespected.”

The prosecutor also said Dunn had stated in a jailhouse letter that his car was parked so close to the SUV that it would have been hard for him to exit. Guy said that mean Davis also would have had a hard time getting out of the SUV.

"Jordan Davis was never a threat to you, was he, Mr. Dunn?" Guy said.

Dunn responded, "Absolutely, he was."

Newsone obtained the letters from Dunn saying some not so nice things about Black people and he compared himself to George Zimmerman.

One good news nugget was the selection of a jury.

"The fear is that we may get a predominately black jury and therefore, unlikely to get a favorable verdict. Sad, but that’s where this country is still at. The good news is that the surrounding counties are predominately white and Republican and supporters of gun rights," says Dunn in a written letter to his girlfriend Rhonda Douer.

"The jail is full of blacks and they all act like thugs. This may sound a bit radical but if more people would arm themselves and kill these fucking idiots, when they’re threatening you, eventually they may take the hint and change their behavior," says Dunn to his son.

"Uh, ‘Kill that motherfucker!’ ‘That motherfucker is dead!’ ‘You dead cracker!’” Dunn heard from the teens.

"And he sees that much of a shotgun coming up over the rim of the SUV, which is up higher than his Jetta, and all he sees are heavily tinted front windows that are up and the back windows that are down, and the car has at least four black men in it, and he doesn't know how old anyone is, and he doesn't know anything, but he knows a shotgun when he sees one because he got his first gun as a gift from his grandparents when he was in third grade," Dunn wrote to his friends.

The jury will decide shortly on this man's fate.

"I am amazed at what is going on with the way the media has been covering this case," he writes.

"Their [sic] have been several other shootings here in Jacksonville, yet they are all either black-on-black or black-on-white, and none of them have garnered any attention from the media. I guess it’s news when someone dares to not to be a victim, but they are twisting it around sand saying I was the ‘bad guy.’" Dunn wrote to his grandmother.

"I’m not getting much in the way of sympathy from the press. They’re a bunch of liberal bastards!" he writes.

"They seem to have a lot of racial guilt, or at least the prosecutors [sic] office does. The jail here is almost all black prisoners. You’d think Jacksonville was 90-90% black judging by the makeup of the folks in jail here! … My fear is that if I get 1 black on my jury it will be a mistrial as I am convinced they will be racially biased." Dunn says to his supporters and son.

Marissa Alexander Out Of The Iron College!

Mom who shot in the air got out for the holidays as her retrial begins.

The woman who became the focal point of the controversial "stand your ground" law in Florida is released from the iron college.

The Raw Story reports that Marissa Alexander was released Wednesday night on more than $200,000 bond while she waits to be retried on three charges starting March 31.

She must remain under house arrest and electronic monitoring until then.

The 1st District Court of Appeal ordered the retrial in September after ruling a judge had not properly instructed the jury that convicted Alexander.

But the appeals court decided the judge properly blocked Alexander from using the state’s “stand your ground” law in her defense, noting that she could have run out of the house to escape but instead got a gun and went back inside.

The 33-year-old Jacksonville woman said she fired the bullet into a wall in 2010 to scare off her husband because he was threatening her.

A jury rejected her self-defense claim and convicted Alexander of aggravated assault and discharging a firearm, triggering the 20-year term under the state’s mandatory minimum guidelines for gun crimes.

She has served about 18 months of the original term.

Alexander’s supporters have contrasted her case with the trial of George Zimmerman, who was acquitted in July in the fatal 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin.

No one was injured when Alexander fired the warning shot during a confrontation with her husband.

Alexander had rejected a plea deal that could have resulted in a three-year term and instead chose to go to trial, and she was convicted after 12 minutes of deliberation by jurors.

She was also charged with domestic battery four months after the shooting after another incident involving her husband.

Alexander pleaded no contest and was sentenced to time served.

State Attorney Angela Corey, who oversaw the Zimmerman prosecution, has defended her handling of Alexander’s case, saying she believed the woman had aimed a gun toward her husband and his two sons, and that the bullet could have ricocheted and hit any of them.

So what's your opinion on this story?

Shellie Zimmerman: George Ain't Right!

A woman tells her story about the acquitted shooter.

Walking away from murder and the acquitted shooter now faces another downward spiral. Today it was revealed that Florida State Patrol officers had pulled over the shooter in August. George Zimmerman got pulled over in August for tinted windows and a dark license plate cover. He beat a ticket by telling the officer that he's an unlikely celebrity due to his high profile trial and he gets death threats.

His wife is still considering pressing charges on him after he got into it with her. And she may be facing court if she lied about the domestic dispute at their home in Lake Mary, Florida.

Many outlets are reporting that Shellie Zimmerman is now opening up about her estrange husband and tells the junk food media, that talking points given aren't true.

No duh, Shellie.

You let your husband spin a tail of him being pummeled by an unruly teen who happens to be unarmed. He shoots an unarmed teenager in the chest without showing an ounce of remorse. To this day, he still has "no regrets" for killing Trayvon Martin.

The men who divided a nation.

An unarmed teen who managed to be minding his own business on his way home. Somehow, a man who trained for MMA fighting himself told the tale of him being beaten by a teenager who was doing it MMA style. A man who claims that he reached for a concealed firearm.

A guy who was told not to follow the individual, did it anyway. A man who wanted to prove to the neighbors he's the captain.

The Orlando Sentinel reports that since the domestic dispute earlier this month, both parties were thrust back into the news. Shellie Zimmerman said on national television today that her husband snubbed her after he was acquitted of murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in July.

"He just kind of treated me like I was disposable," Shellie Zimmerman said on the Today Show. "He went on a victory tour without me."

Shellie Zimmerman appeared with her attorney, Kelly Sims, discussing the trial, her divorce and the domestic dispute that erupted Sept. 9 when she called 911 and told police George Zimmerman was threatening her and punched her father.

"In hindsight, I should have pressed charges," Shellie Zimmerman said.

She told Matt Lauer that she didn't see a gun but felt threatened after George Zimmerman kept gesturing toward a holster on his hip and saying "step closer."

"I absolutely stand by my story," Shellie Zimmerman said. "He had a look in his eyes I've never seen before."

Despite standing by her story, Shellie Zimmerman said she didn't press charges because police made it very clear to her that if she did they would all be going to jail that day but she would be the only one staying in jail.

That's because Shellie Zimmerman is serving a year of probation after taking a plea deal in a perjury case.

Her perjury has lead to a "credibility issue" with the public, she told Lauer.

Zimmerman with her attorney.

Shellie Zimmerman also told the Today Show host she has doubts about what happened when her husband shot Trayvon Martin Feb. 26, 2012.

"I think anyone would doubt that," Shellie Zimmerman said. "I don't know the person I've been married to."

Still, she said she does not think George Zimmerman profiled Trayvon Martin.

Since the trial Shellie Zimmerman has lost 40 pounds and is working on herself, she told Lauer.

Of course, will Shellie may be throwing her support to Marissa Alexander?

Alexander got 20 years in the iron college for firing a gun in the ceiling. She used the "Stand Your Ground" defense and lost.

She won an appeal for a new trial.

The case of Marissa Alexander, a Jacksonville mother of three, has been used by critics of Florida's "stand your ground" law and mandatory minimum sentences to argue that the state's justice system is skewed against defendants who are black.

The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that Alexander deserves a new trial because the trial judge handling her case did not properly instruct the jury regarding what is needed to prove self-defense.

The ruling, written by Judge Robert Benton, said the instructions constituted a "fundamental error" and required Alexander to prove self-defense "beyond a reasonable doubt."

But the court also made it clear in its ruling that the judge was right to block Alexander from using the state's "stand your ground" law as a way to defend her actions. That law generally removes people's duty to retreat in the face of possible danger and allows them to use of deadly force if they believe their lives are in danger.

Marissa Alexander is spending 20 years in the iron college for firing a gun in the ceiling. The controversy surrounds her sentencing has drawn parallels to the George Zimmerman situation.

Faith Gay, one of the attorneys representing the 33-year-old Alexander, said she was grateful for the "thorough consideration" provided by the appeals court.

"We are looking forward to taking the case back to trial," Gay said.

Alexander had never been arrested before she fired a bullet at a wall one day in 2010 to scare off her husband when she felt he was threatening her. Nobody was hurt, but the judge in the case said he was bound by state law to sentence her to 20 years in prison after she was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Alexander has maintained that the shot fired was a warning shot.

The sentencing sparked criticism from the local NAACP chapter and the district's African-American congresswoman, who said blacks more often are incarcerated for long periods because of overzealous prosecutors and judges bound by mandatory minimum sentences.

State Attorney Angela Corey, who oversaw the prosecution of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, has stood by the handling of Alexander's case. Corey said she believes that Alexander aimed the gun at the man and his two sons, and that the bullet she fired could have ricocheted and hit any of them.

Jackelyn Barnard, a spokeswoman for Corey, said that the conviction was reversed on a legal technicality and that the office was gratified that the "stand your ground" ruling was upheld.

Benjamin Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, called the ruling a "welcome development in a case that represents the double standards in our justice system."

"From the streets to the courthouse, race continues to influence the judicial process, and it certainly seemed to have played a role here," Jealous said in a statement issued by the civil rights organization.

The state's "10-20-life" law was implemented in 1999 and credited with helping to lower the violent crime rate. Anyone who shows a gun in the commission of certain felonies gets an automatic 10 years in prison. Fire the gun, and it's an automatic 20 years. Shoot and wound someone, and it's 25 years to life.

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 earlier. 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 to get 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 claimed that she was the aggressor, and that he had begged her to put away the weapon.

The 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.

Alexander was also charged with domestic battery four months after the shooting in another assault on Gray. She pleaded no contest and was sentenced to time served.

Supporters of Alexander have asked Gov. Rick Scott to pardon Alexander, but her case has not yet been taken by the state's clemency board.

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Holder: We're Locking Up Too Many Minor Drug Offenders!

Attorney General Eric Holder weighs in on the Congress proposals to curb back some drug violation laws.

The Attorney General of the United States has declared that the U.S. drug laws are way too harsh and he's working on trying to motivate this 'do nothing Congress" to pass some legislation that may curb on the mandatory sentencing for possession of illegal narcotics.

The clear step to an eventual legalization of marijuana is decriminalize the punishments that are handed out.

Many Americans are locked in the iron college for having a small baggy of the good and the punishment could put them in for up to five years.

Many in law enforcement are hoping to find ways to curb the epidemic of heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine in communities.

Attorney General Eric Holder hopes to bring an issue to the forefront.

CNN reports that the Justice Department will no longer pursue mandatory minimum sentences for certain low-level, nonviolent drug offenders, Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday, noting the nation is "coldly efficient in jailing criminals," but that it "cannot prosecute or incarcerate" its way to becoming safer.

"Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason," Holder told the American Bar Association's House of Delegates in San Francisco.

He questioned some assumptions about the criminal justice system's approach to the "war on drugs," saying that excessive incarceration has been an "ineffective and unsustainable" part of it.

Although he said the United States should not abandon being tough on crime, Holder embraced steps to address "shameful" racial disparities in sentencing, the budgetary strains of overpopulated prisons and policies for incarceration that punish and rehabilitate, "not merely to warehouse and forget."

Holder invoked President Barack Obama, saying the two had been talking about the issues and agreed to try to "strike a balance" that clears the way for a "pragmatic" and "commonsense" solutions to enhance public safety and the "public good."

The centerpiece of Holder's plan is to scale back prosecution for certain drug offenders -- those with no ties to large-scale organizations, gangs or cartels. He said they would no longer be charged with offenses that "impose draconian mandatory minimum sentences."

They now "will be charged with offenses for which the accompanying sentences are better suited to their individual conduct, rather than excessive prison terms more appropriate for violent criminals or drug kingpins."

The changes are effective immediately.

Lessening the use of mandatory minimums -- sentences that require a "one-size-fits-all" punishment for those convicted of federal and state crimes -- could mark the end of the tough-on-crime era that began with strict anti-drug laws in the 1970s and accelerated with mandatory minimum prison sentences and so-called three-strikes laws.

Opinion: Shame of mandatory minimums shows in Marissa Alexander case

The attorney general linked the effort to rethink mandatory minimum sentencing for drug crimes to key issues.

Racial disparities

Holder said "unwarranted disparities are far too common" in the criminal justice system, reminding his audience that Obama alluded to some of the issues in remarks he made after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin last month, giving voice to African-American concerns that "there is a history of racial disparities in the application of our criminal laws -- everything from the death penalty to enforcement of our drug laws."

Holder said the nation "must confront the reality" that once "people of color" are in the criminal justice system, they "often face harsher punishments than their peers." He called it "unacceptable," "shameful" and "unworthy" of the U.S. legal tradition.

Prison overcrowding

Holder said the U.S. prison population has grown by almost 800% since 1980, and federal prisons are operating at nearly 40% above capacity.

"Even though this country comprises just 5% of the world's population, we incarcerate almost a quarter of the world's prisoners. More than 219,000 federal inmates are currently behind bars," he said, noting that almost half are serving time for drug-related crimes and have substance abuse problems.

Moreover, he said 9 million to 10 million more people cycle through America's local jails each year. And roughly 40% of former federal prisoners -- and more than 60% of former state prisoners -- are rearrested or have their supervision revoked within three years after their release.

It was not immediately clear Monday whether Holder's announcement would have any impact on people already in prison.

Economic, social burden

Holder said overcrowding at the federal, state and local levels is "both ineffective and unsustainable." He said it imposes a significant economic burden -- totaling $80 billion in 2010 alone -- and it comes with "human and moral costs that are impossible to calculate."

Legislation to lessen the use of mandatory minimums, Holder said, would ultimately save the United States billions.

Holder going after Texas voting law

Although Obama administration officials say the changes they are pursuing will not require congressional approval, some unlikely pairs of lawmakers have united to push for criminal justice changes.

Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky have worked together to allow judges to depart from mandatory minimum sentences when circumstances merit.

Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois and Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah have undertaken similar efforts.

Holder blasts 'stand your ground'

In recent years, there has been a rise in support among conservatives for reforms to the criminal justice system. While more flexible approaches to crimes have long held support among liberal Democrats, the fear of being tarred as weak on crime by Republican opponents has long caused moderate Democrats, particularly those running for president, to avoid the issue.

In addition to changes to mandatory minimums, Holder called for expanding the use of "compassionate release" from jail for those who "pose no threat to the public."

He also said the Justice Department is taking steps to identify practices for enhancing the use of drug treatment and community service programs as alternatives to jail.

Holder also said he has asked federal prosecutors to develop new guidelines for determining when federal charges should be filed and when they should not.

"I've also issued guidance to ensure that every case we bring serves a substantial federal interest and complements the work of our law enforcement partners," he said.

Holder additionally directed prosecutors to create comprehensive anti-violence strategies for badly afflicted areas.

Holder not afraid to take on race debate

The American Civil Liberties Union praised Holder's approach Monday, calling it an important step toward ending federal prison overcrowding and creating a "fairer criminal justice system."

Laura Murphy, director of the ACLU's Washington legislative office, said in a news release, however, that although Holder's announcement "is an important first step," Congress also must act to change laws that "lock up hundreds of thousands of Americans unfairly and unnecessarily."

Michael Mukasey, a former judge and an attorney general under President George W. Bush, said he is not a fan of mandatory minimums, but he does not support what Holder is doing.

"I generally agree with the goal of getting rid of mandatory minimums," said Mukasey. "But the way to do that is to pass a law," he said in an interview on CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper."

CNN's Carol Cratty and Jessica Yellin contributed to this report.

Tom Joyner Slams Rush Limbaugh For Rachel Jeantel And Trayvon Martin Comments!

Tom Joyner pledges funds for a Trayvon Martin scholarship and aid to Rachel Jeantel. The young woman who played a role in the George Zimmerman trial was criticized by the conservative junk food media for her "Black" attitude on CNN's Piers Morgan.

Longtime Black talker and activist, Tom Joyner has express outrage at the decision in Sanford, Florida.

He and many others including myself see that justice was scoffed by the systematic rush to judgement by jurors who only see the victim as another worthless life in hoodie. The shooter, George Zimmerman walks free and the nation's racial divide gotten even bigger.

Tom Joyner announced that he's planning on getting a Trayvon Martin memorial scholarship and he's planning on helping conservative whipping girl, Rachel Jeantel go to college. Jeantel, the key witness in the George Zimmerman trial was heavily criticized by the conservative junk food media for being "big fat angry Black woman who had no business being on the stand!"

Joyner also has some choice words for Rush Limbaugh (King Hippo). The conservative talker uttered NIGGA on his radio program this week and it drew a huge controversy. Also the fact that he attack Jeantel sparked another round of criticism post Sandra Fluke.

Also Rachel Jeantel also had words for Rush Limbaugh.

She appears on HuffPost Live with Dr. Marc Lamont Hill. He asks her if Rush Limbaugh's use of NIGGA and the constant attacks on her irritate her. She replied, "Well, yes, but I can’t judge him!"

After spending over two days attacking her personally and slut-shaming her, Limbaugh is out on a weekend furlough while Mark Steyn fills in.

Before Tom Joyner headed over to CNN for the Piers Morgan interview, he got in touch with Rachel Jeantel and her attorney who were in Florida doing post trial interviews.



A great deed was done in the face of controversial decision by an ALL WHITE JURY. Yeah there was a White Hispanic woman on the jury pool, but she thought like every WHITE WOMAN on that jury.

She believed that despite being told to not follow, George Zimmerman had the right to kill Trayvon Martin in the act of "self defense".

This verdict has prompted Black leaders and liberal agitators to protest Florida's Stand Your Ground law.

Conservative agitator is feuding with Rachel Jeantel after appearance on CNN's Piers Morgan.

This prompt a nationwide boycott of Florida, Rush Limbaugh, and George Zimmerman.

There will be a nationwide march on Saturday to protest unfair justice given towards Marissa Alexander, the woman who was sentenced 20 in the iron college for firing a gun in her ceiling. She was denied the claims of self-defense by the state prosecutors.

Joyner and Al Sharpton (Rev. Perm) will be actively encouraging Attorney General Eric Holder to look into the Zimmerman trial.

As of today, the U.S. Justice Department has ordered the Sanford Police and Seminole County Courts to hold all evidence. The firearm used in the shooting is not going back to Zimmerman just yet. The FBI is looking into the negligence of police in handling the matter. The FBI is looking to poke holes into the Zimmerman story.

Again, Zimmerman can't be prosecuted for the same crime. What the Justice Department can get him on is a civil rights violation. It's hard to prove but if there's any evidence of a cover up and disputes in the story, he'l be right back in court yet again to face the judge.

George Zimmerman and his wife Shellie are also facing perjury charges for lying to the court about bail money. So that will go underway soon.

Tom Joyner on CNN with Piers Morgan.



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Conservatives Continue Attack On Trayvon Martin Witness Rachel Jeantel!

CNN gets highly anticipated interviews with key players in the George Zimmerman trial. The conservative agitators again attack the young woman.

Another twofer story for you!

White extremists are hoping for another recruitment drive post George Zimmerman trial. 

The divide and conquer crowd is in full effect. Just this morning Matt Drudge (That Guy Who Throws Shit To The Wall) has splashed the face of the material witness who caused such an uproar with racial extremists in the conservative movement.

Rachel Jeantel was on CNN with Piers Morgan. The highly anticipated interviews with the key players of the George Zimmerman trial have taken CNN ratings up and the partisan agitators on rival MSNBC (Obama News) and Fox News (Loserville) down.

CNN is probably the most neutral in the coverage of George Zimmerman and Travyon's parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin.

Yeah, it's the long hot summer here in the junk food media. Each of the media's famous agitators are stirring the pot for the next set of WHITE EXTREMISTS or BLACK LOOTERS.

Al Sharpton (Rev. Perm) has vowed a protest in 100 cities. The NAACP are asking Attorney General Eric Holder to handle the matter and see if Trayvon Martin's civil rights were violated.

The junk food media is already focusing on the Piers Morgan interview in which Jeantel says that Zimmerman following her friend was a sign to her as a "pervert" trying to kidnap a child.

I guess I can say Nigga now since it's not a racial slur! 

Jeantel believes that confrontation should not of happened if that Zimmerman would have stayed in his vehicle.

The junk food media's depicted her in a negative light and her performance on trial may have damaged the prosecution.

Although, I think the fact that Zimmerman had a nearly WHITE JURY (with one being White Hispanic), I felt that it was a wash.

The state prosecutors gave him a murder charge instead of an involuntary manslaughter charge.

I tell you, that Rush Limbaugh (King Hippo) is having a field day attacking on the character of Rachel Jeantel.



Since Media Matters for America has been focused on the national boycott of King Hippo, this one should continue to hurt him in advertising. The conservative agitator has lost over 1,200 advertisers since the Sandra Fluke incident. And this latest attack on Jeantel will certainly hurt him in the end.

Even one of King Hippo's White callers uttered a racial slur on the radio today!

Update: This video has went viral and it will merit a response from Rachel Jeantel and Sandra Fluke soon!

Trust me it's going viral and it's likely going to have the conservative agitator once again fearing he'll be punished for his choice words.

Conservative agitators are attacking on Rachel Jeantel.

Yeah, I had listened to him today. I am hearing him riled up over the post interviews from family and friends of Trayvon Martin. The conservative agitator wants to dissect the "CREEPY ASS CRACKER" remark.

Rachel Jeantel's interview with Piers Morgan has been talked about and will be the focus of conservative agitators everywhere now that she's appeared back on television. It's only fair to say that she's already gotten death threats and racial slurs hurled at her.

Here's the interview.



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He can get off because he's a White. Perhaps better White Hispanic for the politically correct crowd.

GEORGE ZIMMERMAN STOOD HIS GROUND AND WALKED! JOHN WHITE AND MARRISSA ALEXANDER SPEND TIME IN THE IRON COLLEGE FOR STANDING THEIR GROUND!

Part II - More commentary about this Zimmerman trial.

Conservative agitator and washed up celebrity Ted Nugent has called Trayvon Martin a "gangsta with a pack of Skittles".

And there's a reason why he's not allowed on military bases! You can thank Media Matters for America for making that happen as well.

Ted Nugent, washed up rocker and gun activist.

In a conservative magazine, Nugent wrote that [a]ll thinking people are very relieved that George Zimmerman was found not guilty by the intelligent, justice-driven women of the jury, in spite of the façade presented by the prosecution and forced by the threat of racism by everyone from President Obama, to Eric Holder, the New Black Panther gangstas, NAACP, excuse makers of every stripe and even the governor of Florida, but still this innocent man who simply defended his life from a violent, life-threatening, bloodying, head-and-face slamming attack by an enraged black man-child has so wrongly paid an inexplicable price financially and emotionally.

The parents of Trayvon Martin get a huge million-dollar-plus payoff from the gated community just to shut them up, and so obviously to fend off the ambulance chaser racist lawyers for the simple fact that their son was guilty of a vicious, violent attack on a man for no good reason whatsoever.

What did the gated community have to do with any of it? Where is a judge capable of making a justice call in this travesty? Does anyone care at all anymore?

The entire system is screwed up.

But George Zimmerman and his entire family, innocent of any wrongdoing, have lost everything and will be in debt for a long, long time for having to fight the trumped-up charges that he "profiled" and/or set out to murder the poor, helpless, dope-smoking, dope-peddling, gangsta wannabe, Skittles hoodie boy.

Yeah, tough talk from a man the junk food media claims crapped in his pants to avoid the military draft in 1969. Nugent has a girlish haircut and I hope the shot misses the animal he tried to poach. Maybe it's get him before he gets it.

John White, a New York father was sentenced to the iron college for killing a 17-year old White teenager who was unarmed. He was protecting his son and property from the white teens that threatened him.

Anyway, the whole ordeal has sparked racial divide among White conservatives and the rest of the country.

White conservatives believe that Rev. Perm, Jesse Jackson (Out Of Wedlock/Cut His Nuts Off Jackson) the NAACP and President Barack Obama were meddling in a simple "self defense" case against a thug who beat an innocent man with the concrete sidewalk.

A man who couldn't just stay in his vehicle. A man who wanted to be a hero. Probably said more than what he told the police. But we don't know. You have one man alive and a teenager dead. Zimmerman's word against a dead body.

Liberals and the Black community clearly think it's racial profiling. Some including myself pointed to two similar stories where the Black person was sentenced to the iron college for protecting themselves or their property.

Say if this was a Black man who was a father living in a Long Island, New York home. John White was protecting his son and property. He came out to his property and shot at a White teen, killing him. Oh, he's gotten time in the iron college for defending his property because he had an unregistered firearm.

Say isn't this similar to George Zimmerman?

Didn't White had a right to protect his property and his family?

John White got time in the iron college for killing a 17-year old White teenager, Daniel Cicciaro. His father Daniel Cicciaro Sr. was just as animated about the sentencing and even hurled a racial slur at White.

Cicciaro threaten to shot a Black person in the face if they were to appear at his driveway.

So is it possible for Tracy Martin to shoot a White man or Hispanic White man in the chest for just wearing a hoodie?

Marissa Alexander was sentenced to the iron college for shooting into her home. The state rejected her stand your ground defense in this case. It was last year. George Zimmerman walks for shooting an unarmed teenager.

Say if you're a woman who lives in Florida, I guess you can't stand your ground either. A woman who was abused by her husband. She ends up doing something to protect herself and her family. She shots into the ceiling of her own home. Marissa Alexander, a woman who lives in Jacksonville, Florida was given 20 years in the iron college after she shot at her husband by firing into the ceiling of her home.

Alexander used the Stand Your Ground defense. The state prosecutors rejected that and held her in felonious assault and attempted murder. She is currently in the iron college.

Similar to George Zimmerman?

He didn't get the Stand Your Ground defense but yet he walks for shooting an unarmed teenager.

Yeah, we're living in a brutal system of justice. Black men are locked up in the iron college 15 to 1 White person.

We're profiled more than any race out there.

The Florida law is like giving White people the right to kill Blacks and Latinos. If a Black, Latino or even a man who practice in the Muslim faith uses the Stand Your Ground defense: They'll be locked up for murder.

This is why it's important to vote. We need to get the Republicans out of the localities and Congress.

They are fucking up the country with these "stupid" gun laws. They use these stupid gun laws to give WHITE EXTREMISTS the right to kill a Black or Latino person without due process or even a reason.

That's why Zimmerman got off. That's why Alexander got the trip to the iron college. It's judicial bias. It's a racist system that advocates permanent lockup for Blacks, Latinos and Muslims. Freedom for Whites.

They want control over us, but not them.

Rick Scott the Republican governor of Florida is embattled. He can be defeated.

He, Scott Walker (Wisconsin), Tom Corbett (Pennsylvania), John Kasich (Ohio), Rick Perry (Texas), Bob McDonnell (Virginia), Nikki Haley (South Carolina), Paul LePage (Maine), Rick Snyder (Michigan), Jan Brewer (Arizona), Bill Haslam (Tennessee), Nathan Deal (Georgia) and Mary Fallon (Oklahoma) are fucking up the country with their overtly ignorant and bigoted laws to punish those of color.

They relish in trying to defeat President Barack Obama. They can't fathom the thought of the Blacks or Hispanics taking over. Populations in these states have grown with non-White majorities rising faster.

So in order to stop it they'll push them out of their states.

If this isn't the wake up call to inspire change, I don't know what it is!

What are your thoughts on this matter?

Me and S. Baldwin are listening and hope that you'll have some thoughts on this matter.