Free Jennifer Me
In 2010, Jennifer Mee, then 19 agreed to go out on a date with a young man she had contacted on Facebook, but robbery rather than romance was her motive. Her two male accomplices carried out the mugging at the location where Jennifer and her date agreed to meet. However during the scuffle one of Jennifer's male accomplices fatally shot Jennifer's date. There was no intent or premeditation about the murder and nothing in the trial suggests otherwise. Certainly, Jennifer's reaction afterwards confirms this. According to Florida law, "All participants of a fatal robbery are equally guilty of first degree murder." Yet, what Jennifer did fits the definition of manslaughter or involuntary murder according to any dictionary. Then there is the question of who is responsible for the discharge of a firearm. I mean if the driver of a vehicle was charged with drunk driving then the passengers would not have been charged with the same crime. Jennifer and her two counterparts...