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Race played a role in this, if alexandra had been white she would have never gotten a 20-year sentence. do they have a point? >> the problem is the way the state charged the case, the judge didn't have much discretion upon conviction because we have this 10, 20-life minimum mandatory sentencing. that needs to be readdressed by the legislature. case like this is the poster child for how this case should not have a 20-year minimum mandatory. the question about a racial intone to this case is whether or not she was charged with a case or charged for which she could have gotten 20 years rather tha...
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