This is a case almost too shocking to believe. A woman whose husband admits to “putting his hands” on many of the woman in his life is free, while she is sentenced to a mandatory 20 years in prison. The husband agreed to an interview with me today on HLN, but when the time came, he… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Stand Your Ground
CNN Speaks With Marissa Alexander, Stand Your Ground & Domestic Violence
4/24/12 UPDATE: CNN spoke with Marissa Alexander in an emotional interview from jail. She told CNN: “This is my life I’m fighting for. If you do everything to get on the right side of the law, and it is a law that does not apply to you, where do you go from there?” Read the… Read more »
UPDATE: Does ‘Stand Your Ground’ Apply to Domestic Abuse?
4/23 UPDATE: Marissa Alexander’s sentencing today has been postponed. The judge set another hearing for next Monday the 30th. 4/17 REPORT: Should the ‘Stand Your Ground’ law have kept Marissa Alexander from being locked up? Her friends and family say yes. The 31-year-old Florida mother of three will soon be sentenced on three counts of aggravated… Read more »


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