Marissa Alexander and the 20 Year Warning Shot

True Crime Creepers

Cloud10

True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 959 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Welcome back, peeps and creeps! This week we have a real table flipping one for you. This is the story of Marissa Alexander, a woman in Florida who received a 20 year sentence (without the chance of parole) for firing a warning shot into her ceiling when her abusive husband threatened to kill her. Kristin and Mogab discuss how abusive relationships evolve, ways to spot them, and reasons women can feel trapped In these relationships. Consider supporting the National Domestic Violence Hotline The Hotline is the only national, full-service hotline that answers the call 24/7 for survivors and concerned friends, family members, co-workers, and others seeking information and guidance on how to help someone experiencing relationship abuse. Through one-on-one support offering crisis intervention, options for next steps, and direct connections to service providers and other resources all across the country, we’re shifting power back to the people directly affected by relationship abuse. If you’d like to donate to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, you can do so at www.hotline.org/donate. They also have other ways to help them listed on their website. Sources: https://www.essence.com/news/marissa-alexander-exclusive/ https://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-district-court-of-appeal/1645234.html https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/why-couldnt-marissa-alexander-stand-her-ground-florida/328659/ https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/28/opinion/omara-minimal-sentencing-laws/index.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/angela-coreys-overzealous-prosecution-of-marissa-alexander Marissa Alexander entry on Wikipedia https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/us/marissa-alexander-released-stand-your-ground.html https://www.freemarissanow.org/about.html https://www.wokv.com/news/local/rico-gray-was-begging-for-life/ClgAx1Tel2NooKeKTmXwfK/ https://www.jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-05-16/story/marissa-alexanders-husband-says-it-was-her-violent-nature-led-shooting?mmo_ccc=xfinity https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2014/10/17/1337149/-5-More-Women-Accuse-Marissa-Alexander-s-Abusive-Husband-Of-Extreme-Brutality https://www.thehotline.org/support-others/why-people-stay/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/fl Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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