She Didn’t Pull the Trigger — Why Is Jennifer Mee Serving Life Without Parole?
Jennifer Mee became nationally known years ago as “the hiccup girl,” but today she is known for something far more tragic: serving a life-without-parole sentence for first-degree murder despite never pulling the trigger herself, while she was only 19 years old when the murder took place in October 2010.

This petition is not about denying that a terrible crime occurred. A young man, Shannon Griffin, lost his life, and that loss is heartbreaking. His family deserves compassion, sympathy, and respect.

But justice must also be fair, proportional, and humane.

Jennifer Mee did not shoot anyone.
She did not physically commit the murder.
She was not even there when the fatal trigger was pulled.
There is no evidence that she intended for anyone to be killed.

And yet she was sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison without any possibility of parole.

How can this be called justice?

Under Florida’s felony murder law, a person can receive the same punishment as the actual killer simply for being connected to a felony during which a death occurs — even if they never committed the killing themselves.

This law has destroyed countless lives by removing the distinction between:

• the person who plans and commits murder,
• and the person who never intended for anyone to die.

Jennifer Mee’s case raises serious moral and legal questions that society cannot ignore:

Should a person who did not kill anyone receive one of the harshest punishments possible?

Should someone who never pulled the trigger be condemned to die in prison forever?

Should there be no room for rehabilitation, personal growth, remorse, redemption, or second chances?

Human beings are capable of change. People mature. People learn from their mistakes. A justice system that completely erases hope forever — especially for someone who did not physically commit the murder — deserves serious reevaluation.

Life without parole is effectively a slow death sentence.

Even many violent offenders eventually receive opportunities for parole hearings, sentence reviews, or rehabilitation programs. Yet Jennifer Mee was told that no matter who she becomes, no matter how much she changes, no matter how many decades pass, she will never again have a chance to live outside prison walls.

That is not mercy.
That is not proportional justice.
That is not humanity.

This petition is not about glorifying crime or ignoring the victim. It is about fairness, proportionality, and reform. It is about questioning whether extreme punishment should be imposed on someone who neither pulled the trigger nor directly committed the killing.

We are calling for:

• A reevaluation of Jennifer Mee’s life-without-parole sentence,
• A fair review of her role in the crime,
• And broader reform of felony murder laws that allow people to receive extreme punishments for killings they did not directly commit.

A civilized society must be able to distinguish between participation in a crime and actual murder.
Justice should protect society — but it should also preserve fairness, mercy, and the possibility of rehabilitation.

Please sign and share this petition if you believe:

• punishment should fit the actual actions committed,
• life without parole should not be automatic in felony murder cases,
• and every human being deserves at least the possibility of redemption and a second chance.