A Florida man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for killing an unarmed black man who shoved him in a parking lot dispute.
The slain man’s family embraced the sentence, saying they feel they’ve received a measure of justice.
CNN report:
The victim’s lawyers say Michael Drejka’s punishment is a significant victory against what they say is repeated abuse of Florida’s controversial “stand your ground” self-defense law.
Drejka was convicted of manslaughter in August, after shooting and killing Markeis McGlockton in July 2018 outside a convenience store in Clearwater, Florida. At trial, his lawyers had tried unsuccessfully to use elements of Florida’s “stand your ground” law as a defense for justifiable homicide.
“Now I can go home and tell my children that the killer didn’t get away with murder of their daddy,” Britany Jacobs, McGlockton’s girlfriend and mother of his four children, told reporters after the sentencing.
For so long it seems like there’s been no justice in so many situations. This news is so refreshing to hear. So let’s keep the family in our thoughts and prayers.
There you go!!!! Stop using that stupid law to take us all out!! How your tail feels threatened when the person is backing away from you. Maybe this will be an example for the rest of you that wanna use that dumb and stupid law!!