Did you know about Marissa Alexander?

[karadinart]

Marissa Alexander is the Florida mother and abused wife that fired a warning shot in her home to keep her husband, Rico Gray, from killing her –as he promised– and was sentenced to a mandatory 20 years in prison. The Stand Your Ground law that she thought would protect her did not…and she didn’t kill anyone. Her children were present and she was trying to protect herself.

She didn’t pursue her husband. She did not kill him. She had no prior record.

A jury convicted Marissa of aggravated assault after 12 minutes of deliberation. On May 11, 2012, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown stated the charges were overboard and labeled the case “institutional racism.”