“The 1st District Court of Appeal ordered the retrial after ruling a judge had not properly instructed the jury that convicted Marissa Alexander.  But the appeals court decided the judge properly blocked Alexander from using the state’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law in her defense.  The 33-year-old Jacksonville woman said she fired the bullet into a wall in 2010 to scare off her husband because he was threatening her. A jury rejected her self-defense claim and convicted Alexander of discharging a firearm, triggering the 20-year term under the state’s mandatory minimum guidelines for gun crimes.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/26/appeals-court-orders-new-trial-for-florida-mom-serving-20-year-term-for-shooting-at-wall/

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