Marissa Alexander

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November 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The judge in the case of Marissa Alexander, the Florida mother of three who was sentenced to…
November 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The motion for bond filed by her attorneys includes new details about what Marissa Alexander says she…
November 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Alexander was denied use of Stand Your Ground and was convicted and sentenced to a mandatory 20…
November 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Lawyers for Marissa Alexander, the Florida mother sentenced to 20 years for firing a warning shot over…
October 21, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Senator Dwight Bullard of District 39 sent a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder requesting he…
September 27, 2013
NBC NEWS - Marissa Alexander will have a new opportunity to seek justice after being sentenced to 20 years in…
September 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Marissa Alexander, convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for firing a gun over the head…
August 6, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - What may have begun as a local crime story or something that governor may have hoped would…
August 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Law experts including a former prosecutor and defense attorney that were interviewed for this article and others…
July 24, 2013
MSNBC - George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin. Marissa Alexander received a 20-year sentence for firing what she…
July 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Marissa Alexander's daughter turns three today but there is not plan for a birthday party. Instead, the…
July 18, 2013
OPINION - What if the races of the defendant and the victim were reversed in the George Zimmerman murder trial?...
July 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The verdict in the George Zimmerman trial has brought increased scrutiny and attention to the case of…
July 15, 2013
MSNBC - Alexander, an African-American Florida woman, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2012 for shooting what she…
May 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A judge on Friday sentenced a Jacksonville mother to 20 years in prison for firing a gun…
May 10, 2012
Marissa Alexander, a Florida mother of three, faces 20 years in prison for shooting at her husband...
May 4, 2012
A judge denied Marissa Alexander a new trial this morning in a 2010 shooting that left no one dead or…
April 25, 2012
SLIDESHOW - The killing of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watchman has brought the issue of 'Stand Your Ground' laws,…
April 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - To her family and supporters, Marissa Alexander is a woman who stood her ground...