COURT FINALLY OVERTURNS MARISSA ALEXANDER’S 20 YEAR SENTENCE.

[Lurks Often]

381. I'd want to read the trial transcript for a definitive answer

but apparently she passed two doors that led outside, so she had a chance to exit the house.

I don't know about her car, but even my old car from 1998 locks the doors and/or turns the car alarm on after about 5 minutes, so I have some doubts about both the car and the garage door which had recently worked when the ex husband came home.

The jury did not find her testimony credible and once she had removed herself from the immediate danger she lost the ability to claim self defense, by going back into the house she escalated the situation, additionally the warning shot also hurt her case. Warning shots are illegal in 48 or 49 states, including FL at the time. The rationale behind that is that you if have time for a warning shot, you aren't, at that specific moment, truly in fear of death or grave bodily harm, because if you were you should have shot her attacker.

And the alleged stand off with the police when they arrived, really didn't help.

Not sure if it was Marissa or her lawyer that wanted to take this to trial instead of accepting the plea deal,but whoever made that decision made a serious mistake.