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Saturday, January 11, 2014
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Anderson Cooper 360 Coverage
Alexander case and Stand Your Ground law
AC360's legal panel and Marissa Alexander's attorney, Bruce Zimet, discuss his client's appeal and Florida's Stand Your Ground law.
Watch Marissa Attorney Bruce Zimet & Anderson Cooper Legal Panel
'Stand Your Ground' didn't work for her
Watch Marissa Interview
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Justice For Marissa Banner
Pacific Northwest Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander
The Pacific Northwest Alliance to Free Marissa organized to create a banner and display it above a busy freeway in Seattle Washington on October 29th. Special thanks to Helen Gilbert for organizing this event.
Take a Stand against Domestic Violence!
Monday, October 22, 2012
Take a Stand against Domestic Violence!
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Take a Stand against Domestic Violence!
Monday, October 29, 7:00-8:30am
Join the Pacific NW Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander in bannering to demand an end to violence against women and a pardon for Ms. Alexander, found guilty of assault for attempting to defend herself against her abusive husband. Alexander, an African American mother living in Florida, fired a warning shot to back off her attacker. Though no one was hurt, she was denied a "stand your ground defense" and sentenced to 20 years.
Gather at the Madison St. overpass of I-5 in downtown Seattle.
Monday, October 8, 2012
From Marissa to Everyone
Hello Everyone,
I want to thank each and every one of you for writing me, praying for me or even thinking of me in your heart and are continuing to do so. For the most part, I’m hanging in there, as well as one could in this environment. Prison is definitely NOT what’s happening. It’s dreadful here, but hey, it’s suppose to be, it is after all captivity. My good days out weigh my bad days only because God is my source of strength. Please know that you all inspire me thru your communication and please know that the prayers that you offer up on my behalf are being answered. I’m so very blessed to have some of the most extraordinary people and organizations who are committed to supporting and encouraging me in every way.
I will continue to believe in our justice system. I choose to do so because I have complete trust in God, and we are still a nation that has this fundamental belief embedded in our core, displayed in our courtrooms and written on our money, and more hopefully in our hearts.
Truly I couldn’t begin to express to you how much I appreciate your wonderful letters of encouragement. Please know that I do not take your time and kindness for granted. Your heart-felt concern I am most grateful for.
With all sincerity & respect,
Marissa Alexander
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Night of Global Remembrance in Olympia, WA
Night of Global Remembrance
Rally and 24 hour Candlelight Vigil in Support of Freedom for Marissa Alexander and victims of Domestic Abuse
Percival Landing, Downtown in Olympia, WA
For more information:
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Martin Luther King, III Leads Justice For Marissa March & Rally
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| March To The Duval County Court House |
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Tax Deductible Donations For The Marissa Alexander Legal Defense Fund
Marissa Alexander is very fortunate to have a great team of Pro Bono attorneys however; there are many additional legal expenses. Donations for Marissa Alexander's Legal Defense are now tax deductible. (June 6, 2012)
Payments
are accepted via several methods:
- US Mail - paper checks
For: The Marissa Alexander Legal Defense Fund
Global Alliance, Inc.
P.O. Box 290956
Columbia, SC 29229
- Pay Pal
- We Pay
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
ATTORNEY MICHAEL G. DOWD - PIONEER IN BATTERED WOMEN'S MOVEMENT LAUNCHES FIGHT FOR MARISSA ALEXANDER
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Michael G. Dowd, Esq.
Phone:
(212) 751-1640
Contact:
Lincoln Alexander
Phone: 641-715-3900 ext.: 115615
ATTORNEY
MICHAEL G. DOWD - PIONEER IN BATTERED WOMEN'S MOVEMENT LAUNCHES
FIGHT FOR MARISSA ALEXANDER
(New
York, New York) – 5/29/2012 – Attorney Michael G. Dowd brings
over 30 years to the table in defending battered women. Dowd is known
to have an exceptional history in fighting for battered women and
feels that Marissa Alexander's case is one of the worse examples of
domestic and judicial abuse that he's encountered.
Marissa
Alexander suffered extensive beatings by her husband and has most
recently been beaten up by the Florida judicial system. Alexander was
handed a 20 year sentence on May 11, 2012 as a result of firing a
warning shot into the wall. Alexander feels that the shot saved her
life - it scared off her obsessively abusive husband. The incident
occurred just days after giving birth.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Justice For Marissa March & Rally May 29th Jacksonville Florida
Marissa Alexander, a mother of 3, MBA (Masters of Business Administration), had no prior criminal record; was attacked by her husband who has a known and documented history of domestic abuse on August 1, 2010. Marissa was arrested after she fired a warning shot into the wall - after her husband threatened to kill her.
Join us on May 29th, 2012 at Hemming Plaza in Jacksonville, Florida at 8:00AM sharp as we march to the new courthouse. Speakers, Musical tributes & much more.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Rally/March May 29, 2012 Jacksonville Florida
March and Rally
Date: May 29, 2012
Time: 8:00AM
Place: Hemming Plaza - Jacksonville, Florida
- Marissa Alexander is a victim of domestic violence who fired a warning shot into a wall because she was afraid of another attack by her abusive husband. NO ONE GOT HURT!
- A year earlier, an attack by her husband sent Marissa to emergency room and resulted in a restraining order against him. This was not his first domestic violence offense.
- Minutes before the incident, her husband told her “if I can’t have you, nobody is going to have you.” She shot at the wall as he approached her.
- Ms. Alexander was arrested for Aggravated Domestic Assault under Florida Statute 784.021(2), which is a third degree felony carrying a maximum possible sentence of five years in prison.
- Based on this charge, she probably would have received one year in the county jail because she had no prior criminal record.
Marissa desperately needs help paying legal expenses.
Donate
www.justice4marissa.com
Friday, May 18, 2012
Message of Thanks From Marissa Alexander
I would like to whole heartedly express my sincerest and immense gratitude for each and every person who has supported me in any form available to you. I can tell you all that my conscience is clear and I can look in the mirror and love what I see and who I am because I have maintained my innocence and more importantly I am a daughter of the most high. Moving forward, as facts come out and discussions happen and certain aspects spark dialogue, I ask that you try and place yourself in my situation, or perhaps, your daughter, sister, mother or friend. This could have been anyone and it truly has been anyone and countless others that have been, can be or will be affected with issues similar to mine on one scale or another because my story is multi-dimensional. So I leave you with this thought, please continue to do everything you are doing to support this and more. Be cautious of the games of those that oppose, and that is to have everyone running around with fire extinguishers when there really is a flood. Again, thank you for your support.
-Marissa Alexander
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