Showing posts with label Marissa Alexander. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marissa Alexander. Show all posts

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Jacksonville Justice


Jordan Davis
Activists with the
Jacksonville Progressive Coalition
and other groups kept a presence at the courthouse since the retrial began on Sept. 22.
They got er'done here

Did you know? “Angela Corey has locked up more Black and Latino youth in her jurisdiction than anywhere else in Florida, she is the state attorney who let George Zimmerman off the hook after he murdered Trayvon Martin and she's also responsible for botching the first trial of Michael Dunn. Corey, however, seems to 
have no problem going after African American 
Marissa Alexander and trying to increase her sentence to 60 years for harming no one as she defended herself from an abusive husband.

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Jacksonville Protesters Rally At Courthouse For Marissa Alexander

Protesters from across Florida gathered in front of the Duval County Courthouse on October 31 for the first status hearing in the retrial of Marissa Alexander.......more

Friday, September 27, 2013

Free Marissa Alexander

Ms.  Alexander sentenced to 20 years in prison after firing a "warning shot" during an argument with her abusive husband won a new trial on Thursday in a case under Florida's controversial self-defense law. A state appeals court ruled that Marissa Alexander, deserved a new trial because the judge failed to properly instruct the jury regarding her claim of self-defense........more

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Florida Release Marissa Alexander Immediately

Miss Alexander fired a WARNING shot in the state of Florida in self defense to keep her abusive husband away from her, and was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years after 12 minutes of deliberation. Her right to use this defense and be found not guilty was violated because she was protecting herself from harm. Spousal abuse should never be tolerated on any level.  
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