Conflicted Justice

Happy Mother's Day! If you haven't done so already, today is the day to show your mom or someone who is like a mom to you the gratitude and appreciation they deserve.
But, in the midst of celebrating your own mother(s) don't forget about the moms who have lost children and the children who have lost moms.
Marissa Alexander, a mother of three, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing what she calls a warning shot at her abusive husband.

 She says that she believed she would be protected under Florida's Stand Your Ground Law. Despite, not shooting nor harming anyone she was convicted of three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Along with that, she didn't have a criminal record prior to her conviction.
On the contrary, Angela Corey, the state attorney who headed the case against Alexander, said that justice was indeed served and that Alexander was angry and reckless, not fearful, on the night of the shooting. "Just because no one was harmed in the incident doesn't make the shooting any
less a punishable crime," Corey said. Nonetheless, there are three children without a mother right now. If Alexander is to serve her full sentence, by the time she gets out of prison her twins will be 31 yrs old and her youngest will be 22 years old.

I mentioned earlier the Stand Your Ground Law, which is being featured in the controversial Trayvon Martin case.
 Martin was a 17 year old who was shot and killed by 28 year old neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. On Feb. 26, 2012 while on a private errand, Zimmerman saw Martin walking inside the gated community where Martin was visiting his father and his father's fiancée. Zimmerman called the Sanford Police Department to report Martin's behavior as suspicious. Shortly afterwards, there was an altercation, which ended with Zimmerman fatally shooting Martin once in the chest at close range. The circumstances surrounding Trayvon's death, the original decision to not charge Zimmerman, and confusion about Florida's Stand Your Ground Law caused both a national and international uproar. On April 11, 2012 charges were finally filed against Zimmerman of murder in the second degree. After turning himself on April 20, 2012 a judge approved Zimmerman's bail on $150,000 bond. 3 days later he was out of jail and remains out of jail until his trial.
Nonetheless, Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, remains without a son.

Do you think Marissa Alexander's fate would be the same had she been a white woman? Or what about George Zimmerman's had he been a black man?

Although we may never know if things would be different with different circumstances there is one thing for certain. We are only given one mother. And before she is taken away from you, or you are taken away from her make it your duty to make her feel like the queen she is.