katalinamagdalena:Marissa Alexander, prior to her single arrest in 2010, had no criminal record. H
katalinamagdalena: Marissa Alexander, prior to her single arrest in 2010, had no criminal record. However, she did have a hospital record from her husband Rico Grey who beat her and many other women. Fed up with his abuse, Marissa sought protection from him. After buying a legal weapon and obtaining a license to fire, she opened fire to her ceiling to ward off the husband that was threatening to kill her. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The stand your ground law worked for Zimmerman who killed Trayvon Martin and got away innocent, but it didn’t work for Marissa Alexander who was DEFENDING HER LIFE and hurt no one. Again, Marissa was sentenced to TWENTY YEARS in prison! Marissa Alexander isn’t alone… Black women are 3 times more likely to go to jail than white womyn; black womyn are 7% of the US population but 30% of US prisoners. Womyn convicted of killing the men battering them serve an average of 20 years in prison; men convicted of killing womyn they’ve been battering serve an average of 7 years. She has a trial January 27th, 2015 in Jacksonville, FL. We need to work in solidarity to have Marissa Alexander pardoned. Repost these words above along with your #PardonHer selfie. -- source link