COURT FINALLY OVERTURNS MARISSA ALEXANDER’S 20 YEAR SENTENCE.

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This is not, was not, and never will be a case of self-defense. This is a case of a disturbed...dangerous woman who committed attempted murder.

...(A)fter Marissa filed for and received a restraining order against Gray in 2009, she learned she was pregnant and asked the court to amend the restraining order to remove the ban on her and Gray having contact, while maintaining the rest of the restraining order...(H)er defense had an expert on battered women testify at her trial...(that) domestic-violence victims often allow their abusers back into their lives.

In May 2010 — while the restraining order was still in place — Marissa Alexander and Gray were married. Alexander gave birth to their baby in August 2010, but...for the last two months of her pregnancy...she lived with her mother, meaning that Alexander and Gray weren’t living in the same house when the incident occurred... (link)

When Gray returned, the family ate breakfast together without incident. The trouble began when Alexander gave her phone to Gray so he could see pictures of their newborn, who was still in the hospital...While looking at the pictures, Gray noticed text messages between Alexander and her ex-husband...which prompted Gray to confront Alexander about whether the baby was his... (link)

She had no business being in Gray's home, and I certainly question her judgement in leaving the hospital (I have read nothing to the effect that she had been released). If she and the baby had been there for more than a week, both of them must have been having some post-natal medical problems.

...Alexander...was arrested for domestic battery against Gray on December 30, 2010, while she was out on bail and...awaiting trial...

“The victim [Gray] stated that his estranged wife [Alexander] had come to his residence to drop off their child...[Gray] stated that an argument ensued when he would not allow her to stay overnight at his residence.” The police report noted that Gray’s left eye appeared swollen and bloodied...

When the responding officer met with Alexander approximately an hour after the incident, she initially claimed that “she...had an alibi...” Alexander changed her story and eventually claimed that...Gray...(h)ad attacked her...after she wouldn’t stay for the night. The officer wrote that Alexander had “no visible injuries.” Alexander was arrested and bond was revoked...She entered a plea of no contest to the domestic battery charges on March 27, 2012. (link)

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