I have spoken to countless lawyers and they have yet to discover any cases in Florida where an African American was able to successfully use the “Stand Your Ground Law” defense in a hearing.” Another step I will take is to call for a study into racial disparities in the application of this law. What I didn’t see in the courtroom today is mercy or justice. The three year plea deal from Angela Corey is not mercy and a mandatory twenty year sentence is not justice. I hope that the people will come to Marissa’s defense as the system has so utterly failed her. This is just the beginning, not the end.
Congresswoman Corrine Brown on Marissa Alexander (Jacksonville, FL) Ruling (link)
sorry — really should have posted this earlier.
ALSO:
DONATE to her legal defense fund on WePay: https://www.wepay.com/donations/178785
TWITTER page: https://twitter.com/#!/FreeMarissa
2 PETITIONS:
- http://apps.facebook.com/petitions/503/600/056/dont-imprison-marissa-alexander-for-standing-her-ground
- http://www.change.org/petitions/free-marissa-alexander [WARNING for details of the attack]
this page has a phone call campaign & more: http://sisterslead.org/?page_id=89
[…] This a travesty of justice. Tell the Judge and State Attorney that a woman’s safety is not a criminal act.
Call Judge James Daniel at 904-630-7154 and ask for Marissa Alexander to be released now
Call State Attorney Angela Corey at 904-630-7075 ask for Marissa Alexander to be released now
Please also visit our sisterfriend Antonia Vann’s blog, on what you can do to help Marissa Alexander.
http://antonia-advocate.blogspot.com/2012/04/justice-for-marissa-alexander.html
[warning for brief mention of details of the assault at that last link]
direct email addresses [from the petition in the above quote]:
- Angela Corey: acorey@coj.net; also a web form is here: http://www.sao4th.com/contact-the-state-attorneys-office/
- Judge Daniel: jprather@coj.net
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