COURT FINALLY OVERTURNS MARISSA ALEXANDER’S 20 YEAR SENTENCE.

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323. MY aren't we special? After all, inter galactic avengers are a dime a dozen,

And every single day of the week, we have dozens of headlines, Tweets, and FB posts regarding how inter galactic avengers have taken out dozens of domestic abusers.

Maybe we could put together an OP about the dangers of inter galactic avengers? To prove just how celebratory we women opposed to domestic violence should be?

But in the real world, these are the facts:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/06/us/domestic-intimate-partner-violence-fast-facts/



United States:
Each minute - Twenty-four people are victims of intimate partner violence, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Each day - Three or more women are murdered by their boyfriends or husbands on average, according to the American Psychology Association.

Each month - The National Domestic Violence Hotline receives an average of 22,000 calls.

Each year - Over 12 million women and men are victims of intimate partner violence, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. deaths 1980-2008 (from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Overall - Almost one out of five or 16.3% of murder victims were killed by an intimate partner.

Women - Women account for two out of three murder victims killed by an intimate partner. The number of women killed by an intimate partner fell from 43% in 1980 to 38% in 1995, but rose to 45% in 2008.

Men - The number of men killed by an intimate partner fell from 10.4% in 1980 to 4.98% in 2008.