Campaign for a fairer sentence for Convicted Murderer in Florida



Campaign for a fairer sentence for Convicted Murderer in Florida

It was in 2018 when I watched a TV show on “Criminal Investigation” and in this particular episode,

a Florida woman named Jennifer Mee was featured. 

Jennifer was serving a life without the possibility of parole sentence for first degree murder. If you do

not know the full facts of the case and the circumstances which led to her incarceration you may think

that she deserves her sentence. 

That was my initial response until I kept watching the program and became aware of the full facts of this

case.

It was in 2010 when Jennifer, then aged nineteen agreed to go out on a date with a young man whom

she had contacted on Facebook. Her motive was robbery however, and with the assistance of two male

friends, the trio tried to rob the young man and it was during the scuffle which followed that one of the

two young men fatally shot Jennifer’s date.

The trio received life without the possibility of parole. 

Florida, as do several states in America have what is known as “The Felony Law.”

This is when someone dies as a result of a criminal act. All participants of that crime are equally guilty

of first degree murder irrespective of their role in the crime and they do not even need to be at the crime

scene. Just having knowledge of the crime before it occurred will be sufficient for lawmakers to charge

you.

The Felony law is unfair as it does not allow judges to use any kind of discretion in order to treat all

cases on their merits.

I have written to a lot of politicians on Jennifer’s behalf but to no avail. Her best chance is to have the

Felony law changed as in California. If that happened, then she will be resentenced or released as some

people were when the law changed in California.

Jennifer gained notoriety as a teenager as the girl who suffered from an uncontrollable bout of hiccups.

She appeared on television. Her hiccups were cured by the time she fell foul of the law. Her court case

was a media circus with all of the news outlets covering the case. I don’t believe Jennifer was treated

fairly. It was a case of trial by media. 

Some people have campaigned for Jennifer but without success. I am one of those people. But it is an

uphill struggle getting some kind of traction. Jennifer is guilty according to the law, but it is the severity

of the sentence which has to be questioned due to her lack of intent to murder. The question that I put to

readers is, “Would your opinion of this case be the same if Jennifer was a member of your own family?

Feel free to drop me a message. I am interested in your feedback in this case.



This is about my campaign for a fairer sentence for convicted murder Jennifer Mee, who was sentenced

to life without parole for a murder which the law she committed, but was unintentional. 

Www.freejennifer.blogspot.com


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