02-16-2014, 02:12 PM
(02-16-2014, 06:27 AM)Duchess Wrote: Attorneys are saying that because this is a gun related crime his sentences will not run concurrently. He could get 20, 20, 20 or 30, 30, 30, another said he would do at least 75 yrs. Whatever he gets, it will last as long as his life, he will never be a free man again.
Hope those attorneys are right.
I think it's up to Judge Healey as to how much time will be imposed for each conviction and whether the sentences will run concurrently or consecutively. Dunn's defense attorney will likely be putting forth much of the same rationale as aussie's in order to minimize his sentence. We'll know on March 24th, anyway.
Even though I'm happy that Dunn may well get a lot of time and not be a danger to anyone else, I really wanted the jury to come back with at least second degree for the murder of Jordan Davis, to deliver the message that gun owners can't kill unarmed people - in the heat of anger or out of irrational fear without having assessed the situation - and not be punished (despite the defendant-favorable self-defense laws in some states).
Oh well, Angela Corey has told media that the state of Florida will retry Dunn for Davis's murder. So, maybe that message will be delivered - just delayed.
Still blown away that the jury couldn't at least agree to second degree guilty, knowing that Dunn didn't report the incident and changed his story between when he was interviewed by police and when he took the stand.
I'm not convinced that Dunn wouldn't have killed somebody else had he not crossed paths with Jordan Davis that day. IMO, it's quite possible that he was feeling like a big man and could have gone off on anyone who disrespected him.