Marissa Alexander

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Domestic Violence thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
Why some Black women choose not to call for police during domestic violence incidents when their partners are unarmed Black…
Police Indicted theGrio.com
January 29, 2018
Police officers in Florida are seeking to invoke the controversial Stand Your Ground protection to defend against excessive force claims.
February 9, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Marissa Alexander has had to come to grips with her story's popularity since being released from a…
January 28, 2015
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman who claimed self-defense after prosecutors say she fired a gun at her estranged…
November 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - In January of next year, Marissa Alexander will be a free woman. Monday, Alexander reportedly reached a…
May 17, 2014
MSNBC - Marissa Alexander, the woman who may face 60 years in prison for firing a single ‘warning shot’ that…
April 14, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Florida governor Rick Scott is expected to sign new 'warning shot' legislation that recently passed the State…
April 2, 2014
MSNBC - Marissa Alexander will learn next month whether she will be allowed to seek immunity under Florida’s 'Stand Your…
March 26, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Ron Davis, the father slain teenager Jordan Davis, gave heart-wrenching testimony Tuesday against the controversial Stand Your…
March 20, 2014
MSNBC - Defenders of Stand Your Ground laws and other efforts to expand gun rights have for years invoked female…
March 4, 2014
OPINION - A life sentence for a warning shot that injured no one is a miscarriage of justice...
March 3, 2014
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 33-year-old woman could end up in prison for 60 years when she's retried for firing…
February 12, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The campaign to raise funds for Marissa Alexander’s retrial is in full swing, with a new social…
January 10, 2014
OPINION - Angela Corey clearly cares deeply about this case. But many people see Alexander as a victim of domestic…
January 10, 2014
MSNBC - Marissa Alexander will remain free while she awaits a retrial after a Florida judge decided against revoking her…
January 9, 2014
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors say Marissa Alexander violated her home detention by making short trips to places near her…
December 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Florida Public Defender Association has announced it will back a measure (HB 89) that would grant…
December 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In March, Alexander will face a new jury at her second trial which was awarded after an…
November 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Marissa Alexander is free from jail in time to spend Thanksgiving with family she has not seen…
November 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - An appeals court threw out the conviction against Alexander in September and the state has set March…