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March 3, 2014

Marissa Alexander's Sentence for Warning Shot Could Triple to 60 Years 
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In Florida, an African-American woman sentenced to 20 years in prison
for firing what she says was a warning shot into a wall near her abusive
husband is now facing triple her original sentence. Alexander's case
generated national outrage and comparisons to George Zimmerman, who was
acquitted for shooting Trayvon Martin dead. After a state appeals court
ordered a new trial over faulty jury instructions, Florida prosecutors
say they will now try to put Alexander behind bars for 60 years at her
July trial, which would essentially amount to a life sentence for the
33-year-old mother of three.

 

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