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White Florida woman sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting Black neighbor in lengthy dispute (apnews.com)

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A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for her manslaughter conviction.

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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's not a federal crime.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

we're now at the point where the law doesn't matter as they will just rewrite it to do whatever they want, get outta here with those legally true technicalities

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago

I think you overestimate how much Trump cares about a person like this, if nothing else.