- TAMPA, Fla. -- Marissa Alexander had never been arrested before she fired a bullet at a wall one day in 2010 to scare off her husband when she felt he was threatening her. (Huffington Post)
- By MITCH STACY Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Marissa Alexander had never been arrested before she fired a bullet at a wall one day in 2010 to scare off her husband when she felt he was threatening her. (msnbc.com)
- It took 45 days for police to arrest George Zimmerman, who invoked Floridas controversial stand-your-ground law when he shot an unarmed teenager, Trayvon Martin. (The Guardian)
- Marissa Alexander, the Florida mother of three facing 20 years in prison for firing what her family said was a warning shot at her abusive husband, is anything but a victim, said the state prosecutor who oversaw the case. (Huffington Post)
- Marissa Alexander turned down a deal to do only 3 years for a minor assault; because she sincerely believed she had done no wrong. You would think that Marissa had good cause to believe she was in the right. (Corey Prosecuted - DAILY KOS)
- Marissa Alexander was found guilty in a Florida court last week of three counts of aggravated assault in an incident where she fired her legally registered gun at the ceiling while trying to escape from her now-ex-husband in 2010. (The Inquisitr)
- JACKSONVILLE, Florida (WTLV) -- A Duval County judge has sentenced Marissa Alexander to 20 years in prison. Congresswoman Corrine Brown was present at the sentencing as well as State Attorney Angela Corey. (10Connects.com)
- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Marissa Alexander, a 31-year-old mother of three, pleaded for her freedom as an inmate in the Duval County Jail in Jacksonville, Florida. This is my life Im fighting for, she said while wiping away tears. (10Connects.com)
- On August 1, 2010, Marissa Alexander was in the fight of her life against an abusive husband who, according to her, had every intention of killing her. (News One)
- A Jacksonville has been ssentenced to 20 years in prison in a controversial self-defense case that has once again shoved Floridas Stand Your Ground statute into the public spotlight. (WOKV.com)
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Marissa Alexander
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