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| Angela Corey. (Screen capture from Youtube video) |
By Stephanie Mencimer|
Angela Corey is the elected state attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit. She has been in the national spotlight ever since Scott tapped her to handle the prosecution of George Zimmerman. According to a new analysis by the Florida Times-Union, Corey has sent 21 people to death row since 2009, more than any other prosecutor in the state. That figure accounts for 25 percent of all death sentences in the entire state since 2009, even though Corey's jurisdiction represents only 5 to 6 percent of the population and accounts for 8 percent of Florida's murders. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, of the 21 men Corey's office has sent to death row, 66 percent are African-American, even though blacks make up only 16 percent of the state's population and a quarter of the population of the Fourth Judicial District where Corey serves...
And Corey put Marissa Alexander in prison for 20 years. Alexander is the Florida woman who fired a warning shot with a legally owned gun, in her own home, after a fight with her then-husband, who had a record of domestic violence. Alexander didn't hurt anyone, but Corey's office prosecuted her and won a 20-year prison sentence in the case. The conviction was overturned on appeal, but Corey is still seeking to retry her.
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