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In reply to the discussion: Marissa Alexander gets Thanksgiving & early Christmas present. She was released on bond from prison [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Also, she was convicted of beating Mr Gray while she was last out on bail, apparently in an attempt to influence his testimony.
Most of what you think you know about this case, including "shooting a warning shot into the ceiling" is from the coordinated lie campaign from her lawyers, family and ex-husband.
As she was going to the garage to get her gun out of her car (that she'd parked in his garage the previous night) she said "wait here, I got something for your ass." She came back in and shot it at him.
a) you're not standing your ground when you leave to go get a weapon, come back and shoot it at your intended victim.
b) it's not self-defense when you instigate it and avoid every opportunity to walk away.
She wasn't afraid. She was mad.
"I thought I was fixin to die" That was the testimony of Gray's son at whom she shot.
I have a question for you. You said that she should have shot him. Okay, what should she have done about the two witnesses who testified against her? Should she have shot them in the house or in the yard?
This time, she's going to take any offered plea deal, because she's guilty of (at a minimum) what she was convicted last time.