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In reply to the discussion: COURT FINALLY OVERTURNS MARISSA ALEXANDER’S 20 YEAR SENTENCE. [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)67. But once she took the "opportunity to run away" by going into the garage
and he did not follow her, her life was not in imminent danger. Which has been the standard for self defense for centuries.
And you do realize that she did not live in that house? You don't have the right to SYG in someone else's home.
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I fear you're right. I found this article that seems to cast doubt on her chances:
NYC_SKP
Oct 2014
#379
Again, if you ever live life inside a dwelling as a woman with an enraged partner
truedelphi
Oct 2014
#241
MY aren't we special? After all, inter galactic avengers are a dime a dozen,
truedelphi
Oct 2014
#323
That is typical in abusive situations, abusers manipulate everyone around them
Tumbulu
Oct 2014
#216
And despite your rudeness and crudeness, I am neither silly nor telling lies about you.
merrily
Oct 2014
#292
Good lord. Read for comprehension, please. I was not accusing you of getting paid or of
merrily
Oct 2014
#294
Oh, please. Not everyone gets alerted on and not everyone posts the way he's been posting either.
merrily
Oct 2014
#299
You've had many other replies. This is the last. Sorry to have disappointed you,
merrily
Oct 2014
#304
No back pedal whatsoever. Amost anyone reading Reply 285 would get that I never accused you
merrily
Oct 2014
#303
that's probably one of the more misogynist posts I've read throughout this debate.
redruddyred
Oct 2014
#353
She had the right to come back. Once she came back, she had the right to stand her ground.n/t
ieoeja
Oct 2014
#69
Except she walked through the door and opened fire. That is not standing your ground.
hack89
Oct 2014
#74
Walking back into a house and pointing a gun at three people, for starters. nt
msanthrope
Oct 2014
#169
If she ran into him the next day and there was no threatening, physical violence,
GGJohn
Oct 2014
#77
Yes...that's what she was convicted of. And she will be convicted of, again. nt
msanthrope
Oct 2014
#259
Stand Your Ground for a black person, a woman even? Holy cow. Is this all to get
valerief
Oct 2014
#24
Of course he applies the self-defense standard. SYG does not apply here--the Florida courts have
msanthrope
Oct 2014
#113
Funny...the door opened to put her car in, and when the police tried it. nt
msanthrope
Oct 2014
#149
He said that after she violated a court order to tamper with his testimony.
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2014
#152
She walked past the front door as she went into the garage to get her gun from her car
hack89
Oct 2014
#40
you are absolutely right it doesn't make sense but its exactly what abused women do again and again
kmlisle
Oct 2014
#247
Still this is part of a pattern in which the criminal justice system treats women and people of
kmlisle
Oct 2014
#272
It can drive a person wild considering the difference in treatment between Marissa Alexander's case
Judi Lynn
Oct 2014
#26
she may have been stupid, but that doesn't make her the principal aggressor.
redruddyred
Oct 2014
#204
He wasn't beating on her that day, her life was NOT in imminent danger that day,
GGJohn
Oct 2014
#357
why aren't you advocating him serving a minimum sentence for the serial abuse?
Tumbulu
Oct 2014
#224
if her husband had been in jail in the first place, none of this would have happened.
redruddyred
Oct 2014
#354
If Marissa was in the process of being beaten, I would have applauded her for shooting him
Lurks Often
Oct 2014
#359
The jury found her testimony completely unreliable, they took only 12 minutes to convict her.
GGJohn
Oct 2014
#363
Their mind is made up based on whatever initial poor reporting they listened to.
NOVA_Dem
Oct 2014
#63
Yes, she is. She might get off due to trial publicity, but it's a long shot. nt
msanthrope
Oct 2014
#116
The pretrial SYG ruling indicates that she had a restraining order against him.
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2014
#314
Oh and he let her in and cooked her breakfast- so why didn't he call the police when she arrived?
Tumbulu
Oct 2014
#190
You should probably educate yourself on this case before posting what you believe to be the "facts".
GGJohn
Oct 2014
#197
So... you'd have killed him. Fair enough. What would you have done with the witnesses? n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2014
#230
well, that is some good news. but the whole trial was a freaking obscenity, and would never
niyad
Oct 2014
#215
No, she fired at his head, narrowly missing him, the bullet traveled through the wall
GGJohn
Oct 2014
#319
Perhaps you'll consider it less of an obscenity once you familiarize yourself with the case...
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2014
#321
I have not seen a worse case of deliberate disinformation since Crystal Mangum.
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2014
#229
Even if every bad thing written about her happens to be true, 20 years is still excessive. n/t
nomorenomore08
Oct 2014
#328