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ground, they may still assert it at the end of the case. remember, self-defense in florida is a pretty good defense. i mean the burden is still on the prosecution to disprove the self-defense claim. the fact that stand your ground has been precluded at the front end doesn't mean it will be at the end of the case. she had a lot of options. the problem here is the mandatory issue with minimum sentencing, florida's 10/20 life rule. >> danny cevallos, thank you for that. coming up, a utah man faces his own daughter who's on the witness stand testifying against him. hear what she has to say of her father's bizarre behavior before and after her mom died. [ male announcer ] pepcid® presents: the burns family bbq. guys, you took tums® a couple hours ago. why keep taking it if you know your heartburn keeps coming back? that's how it works. you take some tums®. if heartburn comes back, you take some more.
last spring, three months after the killing of trayvon martin put florida's stand your ground law at the top of every newscast, marissa alexander, a jacksonville mother of three, was denied a stand your ground defense in her trial with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. alexander has always contended it was her husband, rico grey, who was committing the assault in 2010, physically attacking her at home, nine days after she gave birth to their premature child. she maintains that she fired a bullet at a wall as a warning shot after he threatened to kill her. and for that, alexander was convicted, her 20-year sentence over florida's 10/20 mandatory life sentencing law for gun crimes bore protests. alexander will get a new trial. once again, won't be able to invoke the stand your ground law. wrote judge james daniel, we reject her contention that the trial court erred in declining
the vantage point movie connection that mr. ruth said is perfect. what we have is a lot of different people, hearing, seeing a lot of different things. i want to present them in one cohesive form to the jury. i think they probably get it. but we have -- >> what is your client's state of mind knowing his fate will be decided in a couple of days? >> he is very worried. he is happy with the way the evidence has gotten out. happy to have his lawyers present his case for him. but we still have a case where the state of florida is trying to put him behind bars for the rest of his life. that is a very scary possession to be in. he is worried. >> mark, adding to that, how does florida, 10/20 lifelong come into play here? >> it doesn't. they need a conviction before that applies. so, we are going to deal with that if we have to. certainly it just add to the stress. and adds to the fright of somebody who acted in a way where he had to do something he had to do to defend himself and protect his own life.
>> if you have sunshine right now. if you have a lot of humidity in the air. can you go out and feel your hair frizz and if are you east of a line from let's vacancy city to oklahoma city, anywhere in this area right through here, this is where the humidity is. what i'm kurnr concerned about the morning is it is sunny. you think, it's sunny? that's a great thing. no, that is not good as all. when it is sunny, that means the air is heating up. when it's warm and hot, then all of a sudden it goes straight up in the air with a cold front and some dry air to the west, wanting to push it farther into the sky, so oklahoma city, back towards shawnee, paul's valley, eastward, henrietta, south of there, up into ford smith. that's our danger zone today, probably more tornadoes today than yesterday. we had seven thunderstorms producing 10/20 or so tornadoes. we haven't counted them up yet. some were skipping. there is your zone, there is springfield, tulsa, oklahoma city, wichita falls, down to the
not-for-profit system. john: to new it would be so easy >> you know what to look at every other industrialized nation. john: you agree with the president. you want to raise the minimum wage more. john: if it kept pace with inflation will be $10.20. john: spend money to try to stop climate change. >> wait a minute. climate change is a fact. john: spend money to try to the reduced. >> we need to protect the global climate. this is the place for we live. finding new ways to use your technology that is available. john: let's hear from her students about this. >> virginia tech. you would not raise taxes for most programs for inflation and other debt, debt increases. how is that different than a
not-for-profit system. john: to new it would be so easy >> you know what to look at every other industrialized nation. john: you agree with the president. you want to raise the minimum wage more. john: if it kept pace with inflation will be $10.20. john: spend money to try to stop climate change. >> wait a minute. climate change is a fact. john: spend money to try to the reduced. >> we need to protect the global climate. this is the place for we live. finding new ways to use your technology that is available. john: let's hear from her students about this. >> virginia tech. you would not raise taxes for most programs for inflation and other debt, debt increases.
not-for-profit system. john: to new it would be so easy >> you know what to look at every other industrialized nation. john: you agree with the president. you want to raise the minimum wage more. john: if it kept pace with inflation will be $10.20. john: spend money to try to stop climate change. >> wait a minute. climate change is a fact. john: spend money to try to the reduced. >> we need to protect the global climate. this is the place for we live. finding new ways to use your technology that is available. john: let's hear from her students about this. >> virginia tech. you would not raise taxes for most programs for inflation and other debt, debt increases. how is that different than a
nothing have prevented in colorado before that or any of these other places where this has occurred. the issue america faces is not guns. it's violence. the fundamental question is is what is happening in our culture and in our society that's leading to people committing these across cities whether it's mental illness or some other violent propensities that have come into our culture and our society. what the president is proposing is problematic for a couple of reasons. it doesn't work. for many of the reasons you have outlined in the talking point memo tonight. these ideas don't work. it's not chicago. washington, d.c. had a very similar gun ban. it didn't work. violent crime and murder and all these things skyrocketed in washington during the time of those bans. i'm a conceal weapons permit in florida. background check and finger fingerprinted and gun safety course. more people should get those. >> you divent object to any of that. register the gun and background check on you i think that's good. >> law in florida. also in florida we have something called 10/20/life. if crime is commit and
nothing have prevented in colorado before that or any of these other places where this has occurred. the issue america faces is not guns. it's violence. the fundamental question is is what is happening in our culture and in our society that's leading to people committing these across cities whether it's mental illness or some other violent propensities that have come into our culture and our society. what the president is proposing is problematic for a couple of reasons. it doesn't work. for many of the reasons you have outlined in the talking point memo tonight. these ideas don't work. it's not chicago. washington, d.c. had a very similar gun ban. it didn't work. violent crime and murder and all these things skyrocketed in washington during the time of those bans. i'm a conceal weapons permit in florida. background check and finger fingerprinted and gun safety course. more people should get those. >> you divent object to any of that. register the gun and background check on you i think that's good. >> law in florida. also in florida we have something called 10/20/life. if crime is commit and
the white house would do nothing have prevented in colorado before that or any of these other places where this has occurred. the issue america faces is not guns. it's violence. the fundamental question is is what is happening in our culture and in our society that's leading to people committing these across cities whether it's mental illness or some other violent propensities that have come into our culture and our society. what the president is proposing is problematic for a couple of reasons. it doesn't work. for many of the reasons you have outlined in the talking point memo tonight. these ideas don't work. it's not chicago. washington, d.c. had a very similar gun ban. it didn't work. violent crime and murder and all these things skyrocketed in washington during the time of those bans. i'm a conceal weapons permit in florida. background check and finger fingerprinted and gun safety course. more people should get those. >> you divent object to any of that. register the gun and background check on you i think that's good. >> law in florida. also in florida we have something called 10/20/life.