This just goes to show that prosecutors hate self-defense, even in Florida. Charges dropped for Broward teen after new evidence emerges | Miami Herald
I'm sure the race of the shooter had absolutely nothing to do with the decision to charge her... How can you even ask such a thing?
Two years ago, Esther Sanon — then an 18-year-old Broward high school senior — met up with Jason Sapp, a man more than twice her age that she had connected with online months before.
That decision ended in a shooting — and with Sanon facing decades behind bars in a Florida prison.
She claimed he tried to rape her. Broward county prosecutors didn't care about that. They saw a win and went for it.
But on Thursday morning, prosecutors, citing new information, dropped charges against Sanon, who throughout the case maintained she acted in self-defense.
Sanon’s alleged victim, Sapp, a then-42-year-old, had been arrested on a slew of charges, including human trafficking and lewd and lascivious acts with a victim between 12 and 16. Since November, Sapp has been at the Broward Main Jail.
I guess they decided that prosecuting an 18-year-old for shooting someone now facing heinous charges wouldn't look too good if it came to light during any upcoming elections. Or something.
Anyway, justice was finally done, though this was nearly a miscarriage of Justice.
Before prosecutors dropped the charges, Sanon had accepted a plea deal that would have placed her on probation for six years.
More details if you click thru.
Just one more thing.
Deputies, prosecutors and even loved ones didn’t believe her, but [Sanon’s attorney, Adam] Goodman did.
Why would anyone listen to a black teenager?
Broward county is just north of Miami-Dade, and includes Fort Lauderdale. (Hat tip to KABA)
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