By: Taren Vaughan
More Marissa Alexander new trial news has been revealed. The Marissa Alexander case has drawn in much more attention in the past several months as the acquittal of George Zimmerman led people to turn their attention towards other ongoing cases related to Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the incident, 33-year-old Marissa Alexander fired a warning shot into the ceiling of her home in an effort to scare off her estranged husband. According to Marissa, she acted out of self-defense as she felt threatened by her husband who was said to have been abusive towards her.
Marissa’s claim that she was standing her ground did not work in her favor however as she is currently facing 20 years in prison and three counts of aggravated assault because her husband’s two sons were in the room when she fired the shot. People couldn’t wrap their heads around why Marissa got sentenced to 20 years in prison while George Zimmerman can take an innocent person’s life and get away with it and it’s believed that it all boils down to race. Marissa Alexander is determined to prove she was acting out of self defense though as her lawyers started up the process of filing for an appeal for her sentence.
With the help of her lawyers, Marissa Alexander has now been granted a new trial. According to The Huffington Post, an appeals court ruled today for Marissa Alexander to get a new trial but she won’t be able to argue that she was defending herself based on the “Stand Your Ground” law. The lst District Court of Appeal felt Marissa should be granted a new trial due because the judge over her case failed to provide the jury with proper instructions on what is necessary to prove self-defense.
That’s great to hear. Seriously.
Awesome. I hope everything works out for her.
Finally some good news coming out of Florida. Keep in mind this woman is still fighting for her life while GZ is free as a bird and was just got stopped again by the police for the third time by and was let go w/ another simple warning. Lord help us smh.
Awesome. I just hope they aren’t going to do her like they did Trayvon and give her fixed trial. smh
Good. But this is still Florida so we know how this can go.
FYI yall that is not me on that Rihanna post!! That is someone else! I would never stan for Rihanna! Ugh!
Figured that much! When she tried to come for UB I knew it wasn’t you.
Oh we know. LOL.
It’s about time.
I hope she gets the justice she deserves. This case disgusted me…
Smh! This Lady should have never been charged. She was in her own home and protecting herself against a Fool who had a history of violence against her, and she had a restraining order against him! The State of Florida need to dismiss ALL of the charges and free this woman. Nobody was hurt, yet this woman was given 20 years in prison. Smh!!
I will be seriously praying for this lady and I pray Divine Justice will prevail concerning her case.
I hope this lady is aquitted…she does not deserve 20 years
*acquitted