Marissa Alexander, sentenced to 20 years for aggravated assault, should be pardoned. In 2012, the FL resident was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot into a wall in an effort to protect herself from her abusive husband. Attorneys for Alexander attempted to raise the "Stand Your Ground" Defense, but the judge did not allow her to use the defense, noting that she could have run out of her home to escape her husband. Alexander's warning shot injured no one, except the dry wall in her home; yet she was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
In light of the acquittal of George Zimmerman, where clearly a life was taken, surely Alexander, who took no life, deserves her freedom.
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