As expected, the judge in the controversial Marissa Alexander case sentenced the Florida mom to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot into the ceiling to ward off her abusive husband, who was in the midst of assaulting her once again. Through Florida gun crime laws, the 20-year sentence was the mandatory minimum [...]
Florida Woman Faces 20 Years In Controversial Case That Mirrors George Zimmerman’s
May 3, 2012 | Posted by
The same Stand Your Ground law that George Zimmerman is relying on in his defense was not effective at all in keeping Marissa Alexander out of a Florida jail, nor was it effective in granting her a new trial today. A judge ruled that the 31-year-old mother of three would not get another shot at [...]
