This is crazy!!! I can only guess they're doing this to him because the encounter was domestic in nature?
One of America's Heroes, SGT Jason Rolls, is incarcerated due to the use of deadly force to protect his new wife on the day of their marriage. Jason's children are without a father today because of the injustice being dealt to the case. Under the “Stand-Your-Ground” adopted by the state of Louisiana, is to expressly relieve the home’s occupants of any duty to retreat or announce their intent to use deadly force before they can be legally justified in doing so to defend themselves. Further definition to the Stand-Your Ground law of Louisiana states exactly that the defender (Jason Rolls) has no duty or other requirement to abandon a place in which he has a right to be, or to give up ground to an assailant.
The evening of their marriage Twaila and Jason Rolls, newly married, were arisen to a loud banging on the door. A man entered their home uninvited. Twaila walked into the front room to find her ex-husband, Michael Hall, standing in the door way of the home, the door was open. After asking what he was doing at the home and then being asked to leave, he ignored the request and proceeded to ask if Jason was home. After a few bouts of arguing, Twaila told him to “get out NOW”. Michael grew angry, grabbed Twaila by the shoulders and threw her to the floor. Michael then proceeded to run into the living room at Jason. Twaila afraid for Jason was unable to do anything as Michael is much taller than Jason and about 80-pounds heavier. Twaila got up started walking toward the living room to hear a gun shot. Thinking the worst that Jason had been shot by Michael, she found that it had been Michael who had been shot by Jason in self defense. The altercation that happened between Jason and Michael during this time had led to Jason shooting a single shot in the chest of Michael Hall at close range. Michael Hall died.
The police report showed that there was a physical altercation at the residence between Jason Rolls and Michael Hall. The police report concluded that a single shot to the chest killed Michael Hall. It also displayed very bias information as Michael Hall was also a community firefighter.
Jason has been incarcerated for 248 days without trial. His right to a speedy trial or release has been denied. Jason Rolls did what any American husband and father would do and that is to protect his family and property. Under the Louisiana Stand-Your-Ground Law he did so justifiably. Police records and witness statements depict the night where a savage beating would have taken place with evidence of what was inflicted on Twaila Rolls upon Michael Hall entering the home. If action had not been taken, Jason Rolls could have been the one severely hurt, if not, dead. Many of Jason’s rights have been violated upon the proceeding of this case. Postponement of the case continues to keep a new husband from his wife and children without a father. It is time that this story becomes front news amidst the Martin/Zimmerman debates and proceedings. We need to remember that a true American Hero; one who served our country is the one who doesn’t deserve to sit in jail. He is the one who did what any true blue American man would do and instead being served a great injustice. It’s time to set Jason free or at the very least allow him the right to a trial so his family can move forward without sitting and waiting on the next corruption of the legal system in Louisiana.
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-775632