Talk:Angela Corey

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NPOV

Requested explanation of reasons for NPOV tag from User:VinnyVideo. Mgrē@sŏn 17:10, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

User who added NPOV tag did not respond, so I am removing it. I left a note on his page if and when he cares to discuss this. Mgrē@sŏn 00:41, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit war

There seems to be an edit war over the Cristian Fernandez case. I will review the text from a NPOV and adjust, if necessary. If the unregistered user Angelabcorey IS Angela Corey, it is inappropriate for her to edit this article, due to conflict of interest. Please request that an administrator review your concerns in situations such as this. Mgrē@sŏn 13:18, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I took a look, and the material is quite clearly problematic. Dedicating half or more of the article to one incident is an obvious violation of WP:UNDUE, while the level of detail about a news story clearly violates WP:NOTNEWS. Beyond just that, a lot of the wording is not neutral, a very huge problem in a biography of a living person. Finally, some of the sources are a problem. For instance, two are links to online petitions - these aren't sources, they're link spam.

Mgreason, we've run into this issue before with articles on local Jacksonville figures. Corey's involvement in the Cristian Fernandez case is probably appropriate, but it needs to be neutral and greatly reduced. I'll take a stab at it in a bit, but as it stood the material is not appropriate for a Wikipedia article involving living people.--Cúchullain ^t/c 13:46, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have reviewed the section in question, and reduced the content to an appropriate passage. I see that in the interim, Cuchullain has jumped in and explained why these revisions were made. An article devoted to the Cristian Fernandez case would be the place for all the detail previously included here, but as is policy on Wikipedia, it must have a neutral point of view. Mgrē@sŏn 14:16, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A point of spelling

Should "assigned" be capitalized here? I'd guess not, but it could be part of Ms Corey's title:

"Governor Rick Scott announced that she would be the newly Assigned State Attorney investigating..." 151.204.190.111 (talk) 13:13, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Another edit war?

I noticed there have been quite a few reversions regarding the Zimmerman/Martin issue. If this continues, we may need to temporarily block the article to established editors. Mgrē@sŏn 20:36, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Trayvon Martin case

It looks like the first paragraph in this section is entirely unsourced. As this case has been widely reported on in the media, there are hundreds of RS that could be used to source the information in this paragraph. As we all know, WP:BLP would apply here, in that unsourced or poorly sourced material should be removed.-- Isaidnoway (talk) 15:30, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am inclined to add back in the story about Angela Corey's criminal indictment for falsifying her application for George Zimmerman's arrest warrant. Corey is accused of failing to disclose to the court exculpatory evidence, including photographs injuries on George Zimmerman that are consistent with his account of having acted in self defense. Someone deleted this paragraph, calling it unsourced; however, the correct inline reference was included with a synopsis of the story. Don't want to start an edit war, though. Am I missing something? User:184.13.37.33 July 6, 2013

Yes, it isn't a Criminal indictment, the announcement is from a Citizen grand jury, which has no legal standing, authority or power. The CGJ is typically used by conspiracy theorists. Mgrē@sŏn (Talk) 18:41, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism section unsupported or poorly supported

"Critics have pointed out Corey repeatedly threatens to sue critics of her behavior, often while in the middle of a case being criticized.[34] This behavior could be a violation of standards set forth by the American Bar Association and the Florida Bar Association.[35] In addition, Corey has mischaracterized trial evidence in her public remarks in order to counter criticism. After Marissa Alexander (case details above) was sentenced to 20 years, Ms. Corey told one news outlet, “I understand domestic situations are volatile, and they’re complicated. But the bottom line is she fired a loaded weapon directly at a man and his two sons and we cannot allow that as a way to solve domestic disputes.”[36] In reality, there was no evidence to suggest that Ms. Alexander shot directly at the children or intended to hurt or harm the children."

The assertion of "repeated threats to sue" in the first sentence is not supported by the source, which is an opinion piece by an opponent. There is no reference to repeated threats. There is gossip (hearsay) about a single incident. The possibility that this could be a violation of ABA standards is poorly based as it is supported by a personal (although academic) legal blog offering a highly speculative argument. The claim of "mischaracterization" appears to be self-evidently false. I suspect it is a sophist reading of "directly". There appears to be no disagreement that Ms. Alexander fired at the living room, where her estranged husband and his sons, 9 and 13, were standing. To suggest D.A. Corey implies it was _aimed_ at the man and his two sons would require them to be standing in a straight line and self-evidently a misreading. Ms. Alexander's intentions are completely irrelevant as D.A. Corey says nothing about them.

For these reasons I am striking the whole paragraph. The whole tone appears to be axe-grinding and I think someone should reraise the NPOV flag. Hew Johns (talk) 22:24, 7 February 2013 (UTC) Actually the Legal Insurrection site is very partisan ("conservative"). It gets a bit wonky as Corey's Republicanism and tough attitude would generally get approval, but her prosecution of Zimmerman is viewed unfavorably... Hew Johns (talk) 02:52, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fernandez case has been plead out

Jeesh, the case was decided yesterday with a plea. Somebody needs to go add facts, not opinions. Hew Johns (talk) 17:26, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The facts of the Marissa Alexander case do not match what I've seen elsewhere. For example the sons were her step-sons. The shot was fired into a wall and bounced. The home she entered was formerly her home but was currently her husband's home. She was convicted of battery against her husband. He was not convicted of battery against anyone. SYG doesn't cover leaving your FORMER home getting a gun and coming back to force the current resident to do anything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 52.129.8.51 (talk) 05:40, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Stand Your Ground

I note that the sentence:

The case has fueled a national debate over racial profiling, gun control, institutional racism in law enforcement agencies, and the role of ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) in pushing for pro-gun laws like Florida's "Stand Your Ground" bill.

does not have a reference. While the first half of the sentence may be accurate and relevant, and includable with a reference, why is there a reference to the controversial law? Despite some erroneous new accounts to the contrary, according to the former chief of police, "It had nothing to do with Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law, he said; from an investigative standpoint, it was purely a matter of self-defense."

To be sure, some are confused about this point, but we ought to either summarize the confusion, along with the observation that it is not an issue, or not mention it at all. The present construction leaves the impression that the law is relevant to the case.--SPhilbrick (Talk) 15:56, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect quote attribution

In this sentence under "Ronald Thompson case": " The trial judge, Fourth Circuit Judge John Skinner called the 20-year sentence "a crime in itself" and declared the 10-20-Life statute unconstitutional. Skinner gave Thompson three years instead", the cited source has a correction that states the following: "In a 2006 Jacksonville case involving defendant Neil Thompson, 4th Circuit Judge James Harrison said a mandatory minimum sentence on an aggravated assault charge was "a crime in itself." That quote was erroneously attributed to 4th Circuit Judge John Skinner in an earlier version of this article involving Ronald Thompson of Keystone Heights. Ronald Thompson is seeking a new trial, and Harrison's quote was cited in a court motion by his attorney."

James Harrison should be the name in said sentence, not John Skinner. I can't fix this as I am not autoconfirmed/confirmed, so I'd like someone to fix this in my place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LunarisDream (talk • contribs) 04:56, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Violation of Sunshine Law

I recommend addition of the following ruling finding Ms. Corey violated Florida's Sunshine Laws:

http://members.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2014-08-11/story/judge-state-attorney-angela-coreys-office-broke-public-records-law

Thoughts? 173.8.63.110 (talk) 21:07, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Death Penalty

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