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PARDON Abused Mother Marissa Alexander for Standing Her Ground [petition]
The Stand Your Ground Defense failed domestic abuse victim Marissa Alexander - who didn‘t shoot anyone. Since urgent pleas for a new trial fell on deaf ears, it’s time for the Governor to pardon this innocent mother.
Only after enduring a year of violence from her husband Rico Gray, who has a documented history of abuse, did she arm herself for protection.
The next threat came just nine days after giving birth to their daughter. Gray, in a rage, cornered her and threatened to kill her. But instead of shooting him, she aimed upward. The only thing she hit was the ceiling.
Gray ran into the street, claiming she threatened to kill him and his boys. Marissa, on his word alone, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
For protecting her life and children she was just sentenced to twenty years in prison, even though Gray has recanted. There’s no excuse for Florida to deny this responsible mother her freedom.Tell Governor Scott to PARDON Marissa NOW!ALSO:
another PETITION: http://www.change.org/petitions/free-marissa-alexander [WARNING for details of the attack]
DONATE to her legal defense fund on WePay: https://www.wepay.com/donations/178785
TWITTER page: https://twitter.com/#!/FreeMarissa
[ care2 petition via https://twitter.com/#!/abitchforjustic/status/201747520056066050 ]
In Germany, police fired 85 bullets in all of 2011.
In the U.S., police fired 90 shots at one unarmed man in Los Angeles.
About
I am a young, intelligent, black woman with a herstory and background so twisted, that I could write a book. Really! I am a faithful child of God first. I am a mother second. An excellent one. I am then a daughter, sister, proud auntie, cousin, friend, student, and pupil of knowledge always. I'm not sure of what I want to publish for the world to see, so I'll just go with my Pisces flow. You can please watch me flow up and down and/ or flow with me from time to time.
Remember:
Never apologize for what you feel. It's like saying sorry for being real.
Worry about your character and not your reputation, because your character is who you are, and your reputation is only what people think of you.
and finally
This is who I am. Nobody said you had to like it.
