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A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute over the neighbor’s boisterous children faces sentencing Monday for her manslaughter conviction.

Susan Lorincz, 60, was convicted in August of killing 35-year-old Ajike “A.J.” Owens by firing a single shot from her .380-caliber handgun in June 2023. Lorincz faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in state prison because a firearm was used.

The shooting was the culmination of a long-running argument between the two neighbors over Owens’ children playing in a grassy area at both of their houses in Ocala, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of Orlando.

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[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 110 points 1 month ago

"Unhinged Florida Boomer destroys lives...faces consequences of own actions"

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 68 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm mostly surprised by the "faces consequences" part.

✅- White

✅- Conservative

❎- Rich

❎- Male

Tough luck...

[-] cnirrad@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

Seems like manslaughter instead of 2nd degree murder is the consolation prize for being a white conservative.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 13 points 1 month ago

The difference between the two is intent at the time, so either the defense was really good at showing she didn't mean to shoot and kill (?!), or the prosecution did a crap job of showing that she did.

[-] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Or the jury saw a confused grandma who made a horrible mistake.

I'm in no way defending her actions, merely pointing out how feckless a jury can be.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047235215000665

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