On August 10, 2010, Marissa Alexander, a thirty-year-old battered mother, fired a warning shot at her husband, Rico Gray, after he broke down the bathroom door, strangled her, and threatened to kill her. Previous beatings had sent her to the hospital and likely caused her to have premature labor. Gray also admitted he hit Alexander, who used her legally owned gun to protect her life.

State Attorney Angela Corey, (known for the George Zimmerman debacle) charged Alexander with three counts of aggravated assault for allegedly endangering the lives of Gray and two children in the home. That’s right. Marissa Alexander was endangering the lives of others, not Rico Gray, who was arrested in 2006 and 2009 for domestic battery and was under a restraining order after his 2009 arrest.

The charges against Alexander came with a 20-year sentence because Florida’s 10-20-life law sets mandatory penalties for crimes when a gun is involved.

Alexander refused a three-year plea bargain sentence, believing that she was innocent. However, she was convicted (that must have been one intelligent set of jurors) and sent to prison for three concurrent 20-year sentences.

An appeals court overturned her conviction, writing that the sentences must be consecutive, but other state courts of appeal disagree. Alexander was released on bail Nov. 27, 2013, after 21 months behind bars.

Now, Angela Corey has refiled the same charges and a retrial is scheduled to begin July 28. Under her first sentence, Alexander had a chance for parole. If convicted in a second trial, she faces sixty consecutive years in prison, which means a parole is unlikely, thanks to Cory, who many believe is exacting revenge because Alexander turned down her original plea bargain.

So instead of offering Alexander another plea bargain, or better yet releasing her based on time already served, the country is treated to a Florida “justice” system that has gone completely off the rails.

Go figure.