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