Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140220:23:24:00
Sentenced to 25 years. what is wrong with that law, senator? >> oh, naturally, what's wrong with it has been wrongfully applied in two high profile cases. in the case of ms. alexander, and of course in the case of michael giles. you see a situation in which you have a victim of domestic violence. and in the case of mr. giles, the victim of assault. so somehow you create the commission of a crime when there was no crime committed. and in both instances, you wrongfully convict both a woman who is being abused and, again, i can't reiterate enough, a war veteran who was being assaulted outside of ...