The phone call was everything she had hoped for. After completing more than a year of a twenty-year sentence, Marissa Alexander’s attorney made the phone call that let his client know that an appellate court judge had ordered a new trial for the the Florida woman who fired what she…
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Marissa Alexander Serving 20-Year Sentence in Failed Stand Your Ground Defense
A case that gained National attention due to two controversial issues; the first, Florida’s stand your ground law which has been under recent scrutiny and the other, Florida’s 10-20-Life gun law statute remains in the headlines. In the recent George Zimmerman acquittal the stand your ground defense wasn’t raised in…
Arizona Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Running over Husband for Not Voting in Presidential Election
A six month pregnant Gilbert, Arizona woman was arrested and charged with domestic violence and aggravated assault last month after becoming enraged when she discovered that her husband didn’t vote in last month’s Presidential election. According to witnesses, Holly Solomon, 28, was seen arguing with her husband Daniel in a…
Domestic Violence Escalates to Attempted First-Degree Murder
After reports of gunshots at the Barrington Club apartments in Coral Springs, police were called to the complex by a 911 dispatcher. When they arrived, they saw a man leaving a residence and then hurriedly returning inside, authorities said. Soon after, Katherine Maffei, 40, suffering from a gunshot wound, left…