[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Is this for real? Some lib brought this up on Twitter in their arguments over Zimmerman. This can't be the whole story, 20 years? Nobody shot, nobody killed, order of protection, no criminal record...20 years? What?

This one says she fired a warning shot - one - into a wall

http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/313726.html

[driftdiver]

She could have shot him and only done 10 for manslaughter.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Sounds like she had a really crappy lawyer.

[Figment]

There has to be more to this story. Was there a jury trial or just the judge?

[bolobaby]

Here is the FULL STORY:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/89763383/States-Motion-in-Opposition-of-Defendants-Motion-for-Immunity

[101stAirborneVet]

Is this for real? Some lib brought this up on Twitter in their arguments over Zimmerman. This can't be the whole story, 20 years? Nobody shot, nobody killed, order of protection, no criminal record...20 years? What?

Warning shots are reckless and endanger innocent people, and should never be fired. If a person truly believes they are in jeopardy of being killed or suffering serious bodily injury, they should fire at their attacker. By not firing at the attacker, you raise doubt that you actually felt yourself to be in such jeopardy.

That being said, I suspect there is more to the story. Isn't that how lib examples operate? They tell 1/10th of the story? Little boy....skipping home from the store with Skittles....

[DannyTN]

Husbaned says it was her violent nature

[Chode]

a gun is deadly force, if she was in fear for her life, she should have shot him...

[mylife]

Fla is one effed up place.

[Enterprise]

This may be another media fraud to portray someone as innocent when in fact she engaged in thuggish behavior. Going to the page at the link there is a suggestion that she was at HIS home, not HERS. And if she had put a restraining order on him, she could not turn around and claim he was violating it. Plus, one poster had this:

"1-She left the house to get a gun out of her car and went back into the house to shoot.

2-You can't leave a situation, come back, and then claim stand your ground. She had several options of retreat and chose not to use them so her claims of being in danger don't stand. Your duty is to retreat first and only use deadly force if you can't retreat.

3-There are no warning shots. In most states it is illegal to discharge a firearm even as a warning. If you feel a warning shot is warranted than no shot is warranted.

[Darteaus94025]

The wife is w***e and the husband is b***k?

[snarkytart]

Its so funny and pathetic all at the same time to see how utterly childish the libtards act when they don't get their way. Unfortunately they ruin lives with their zealotry.

[Wanderer99]

If this is true then one would have to be very stupid to live in Florida. The entire community should be RIOTING over this verdict.

[lastchance]

It pretty much is the whole story. I agree with the judge that “Stand Your Ground Law” does not apply. I do have problems with the prosecutor (Corey again) levying a charge of “aggravated assault with a deadly weapon” for trial when they were willing to offer a plea for a lesser charge.

[P-Marlowe]

Florida is one one really screwed up state.

I’m betting the jury thought she’d get 20 days plus a small fine.

Keeping the possible sentence from a jury before they determine guilt is insanity. The penalty is something a jury should know before determining whether or not to convict.

I was booted from jury duty when I told a judge that I would NOT follow his instructions if I had any idea that doing so might result in a miscarriage of justice.

I gave a couple of examples like this. They thanked me for coming and said I was excused.

Remember this case the next time you need to get out of jury duty.

[elkfersupper]

Don't mess with those warning shots.

If you're going to shoot, shoot.

[Doogle]

FROM 2010: Alexander said she was attempting to flee her husband, Rico Gray, on August 1, 2010, when she picked up a handgun and fired a shot into a wall. She said her husband had read cell phone text messages that she had written to her ex-husband, got angry and tried to strangle her. She said she escaped and ran to the garage, intending to drive away. But, she said, she forgot her keys, so she picked up her gun and went back into the house. She said her husband threatened to kill her, so she fired one shot. "I believe when he threatened to kill me, that's what he was absolutely going to do," she said. "That's what he intended to do. Had I not discharged my weapon at that point, I would not be here." Alexander's attorneys tried to use the state law that allows people to use potentially deadly force anywhere they feel reasonably threatened with serious harm or death. But a previous judge in the case rejected the request, saying Alexander's decision to go back into the house was not consistent with someone in fear for her safety, according to the Florida Times Union newspaper. A jury convicted Alexander in March and Judge James Daniel denied her request for a new trial in April.

[Irenic]

Interesting read here:
http://politic365.com/2012/04/19/exclusive-marissa-alexanders-current-husband-speaks/

[SampleMan]

Total load of BS and a very OLD story.

The facts? She ran out to the car, retrieved a gun, and re-entered the residence, where she started firing her “warning shots”. The law calls that brandishing a firearm and threatening someone’s life.

So why are you posting this crap?

[blackdog]

I sense prozac, adderal, and booze.

[libbylu]

She was 9 days postpartum, premature baby in hospital. Where was the PMS exception??? The tart Corey was prosecutor. Apparently still in jail,excerpt:

State Attorney Angela Corey tells us that Congresswoman Corrine Brown needs to get the facts straight on the Marissa Alexander case.

Corey says that Alexander fired the gun in the direction of her husband and kids, and her life was not in danger at the time.

After Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison for three counts of aggravated assault with a weapon, Congresswoman Brown lashed out at Corey saying she and the judgment are wrong.

Go figure.