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Post by fuggetaboutit on Nov 30, 2013 3:42:06 GMT
Members of Free Marissa Now and their families will gather at 3pm at the Christmas Tree at Jacksonville Landing for a Welcome Home Celebration for Marissa Alexander. Alexander was released on bond late Wednesday night and will be under home detention until her new trial, scheduled to begin on March 31. Jacksonville Landing is at 2 Independent Dr., Jacksonville, FL. Marissa is the Jacksonville mother sentenced to 20 years for firing a warning shot to stop an attack by her abusive husband. A Florida appeals court overturned the verdict because of grave errors in instructions to the jury and ordered a new trial. www.popularresistance.org/breaking-marissa-alexander-released-jacksonville-celebrates/ |
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Post by fuggetaboutit on Nov 30, 2013 3:45:47 GMT
Taken at face value, this would be an absolutely offensive sentencing. But, this account (and many more like them) is not what actually happened. Alexander claims she felt her life was at risk, but she left the house and went into the garage, retrieved a handgun from her car and returned to the kitchen where her husband (Rico Gray) and his two children were located. Stand Your Ground does not require that you attempt to flee, but she already had. At this point, it no longer applied. She then fired the "mere warning shot", which in many accounts was aimed at the ceiling, but the court documents indicate "barely missed Gray's head". Here is the relevant part of the court document: [Gray] moved to the living room where his children were. Subsequently, [Alexander] emerged from the master bedroom and went into the garage where her car was parked. [Alexander] testified she was trying to leave the residence but could not get the garage door to open. (The Court notes that despite [Alexander's] claim she was in fear for her life at that point and trying to get away from [Gray], she did not leave the house through the back or front doors which were unobstructed. Additionally, the garage door had worked previously and there was no evidence to support her claim.) [Alexander] then retrieved her firearm from the glove box of the vehicle. [Alexander] returned to the kitchen with the firearm in her hand and pointed it in the direction of all three victims. [Gray] put his hands in the air. [Alexander] shot at [Gray], barely missing his head. The bullet traveled through the kitchen wall and into the ceiling in the living room. The victims fled the residence and immediately called 911. [Alexander] stayed in the marital home and at no point called 911. Well that's a whole different story, isn't it? It should also be noted that Alexander wasn't even living in the house at the time, as she and Gray had separated. Sean Davis over at Media Trackers has a much more detailed account of the case. I've been seeing the case start to gain more attention recently, so it's important to get the facts right before the media tries to turn it into another drummed up racial discrimination story. ace.mu.nu/archives/341684.php |
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Post by n3tw0rknat3 on Nov 30, 2013 3:50:16 GMT
"Since Florida has tied firearms to minimum sentencing laws, the real reason Marissa Alexander will sit in a jail cell for the next 20 years is because of gun control legislation, whether the media wants to admit it or not" ace.mu.nu/archives/341684.php |
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