<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2c26f9"><div class="titlewrapper" style="padding-top: 22px; padding-right: 30px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; "><h1 class="title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; position: relative; font: normal normal normal 36px/normal Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.292969) 1px 1px 3px; ">Stand Your Ground Marissa Alexander</h1></div><div class="descriptionwrapper" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 30px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; margin-bottom: 25px; "><p class="description" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 2px; 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The sentencing judge said his hands were tied when he ordered as punishment two decades behind bars.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; ">The First District Court of Appeal in Florida <a href="http://opinions.1dca.org/written/opinions2013/09-26-2013/12-2469.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 94, 166); text-decoration: none; ">ruled</a> Thursday that "the jury instructions on self-defense were erroneous" and ordered a retrial, reversing a May 2012 lower court <a href="http://downtownjax.firstcoastnews.com/news/news/77605-marissa-alexanders-retrial-motion-denied" style="color: rgb(0, 94, 166); text-decoration: none; ">decision</a> that denied a retrial.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; ">[<a href="http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/07/18/marissa-alexander-20-year-sentence-george-zimmerman-prosecutor-angela-corey" style="color: rgb(0, 94, 166); text-decoration: none; "><strong>EARLIER:</strong> Alexander's Sentence Provokes Fresh Outrage</a>]</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; ">Bruce Zimet, Alexander's attorney, told U.S. News he was pleased with the ruling. "We're trying to get a hold of Marissa right now, because she's in prison, to let her know," he said.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; ">Corey quickly announced her intention to retry the case.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; ">"The defendant's conviction was reversed on a legal technicality," said a statement released by Corey's office. "The case will be back in Circuit Court in the Fourth Judicial Circuit at the appropriate time."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; "><img alt="State Attorney Angela Corey, left, announced plans retry Marissa Alexander, right, after a state appeals court ruled on Sept. 26, 2013, that Alexander did not receive a fair trial in 2012. (AP Photos)" width="620" height="413" title="State Attorney Angela Corey, left, announced plans retry Marissa Alexander, right, after a state appeals court ruled on Sept. 26, 2013, that Alexander did not receive a fair trial in 2012. (AP Photos)" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: top; " id="33b5bedc-a7ed-4269-a925-92e431542e8e" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:836884CB-058F-4AFE-A470-BF70EEB4CB45"></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; ">Corey was widely ridiculed for her harsh approach to Alexander's case. She initially offered Alexander three years behind bars as part of a plea bargain, an offer that was turned down. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., frequently urges freedom for Alexander and <a href="http://www.news4jax.com/news/Uncut-Angela-Corey-defense-sentence-to-Corrine-Brown/-/475880/13087004/-/gk4ydez/-/index.html" style="color: rgb(0, 94, 166); text-decoration: none; ">confronted</a> Corey in an emotional exchange after the verdict was announced.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; ">"Three years is not mercy and 20 years is not justice," Brown told Corey outside the courtroom.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; ">"I do know that [Corey] has shown absolutely no compassion," Brown <a href="http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/07/18/marissa-alexander-20-year-sentence-george-zimmerman-prosecutor-angela-corey" style="color: rgb(0, 94, 166); text-decoration: none; ">told U.S. News</a> in July. "Where was the common sense? I hate to say this, but you wouldn't expect this from a female."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; ">[<a href="http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/08/07/zimmerman-attorney-naacp-pushed-trayvons-law-probably-wouldnt-have-changed-anything" style="color: rgb(0, 94, 166); text-decoration: none; "><strong>READ:</strong> Zimmerman Attorney: 'Trayvon's Law' Wouldn't Have Changed Case</a>]</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; ">Corey received national attention during the trial of George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was found not guilty of murder July 13, after successfully claiming self-defense. In light of that verdict, Alexander's case attracted an intense bout of media interest.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; ">By all accounts Alexander had recently returned to her home from the hospital, after having given birth to the couple's daughter, when husband Rico Gray arrived at the house. In a disposition given before trial, he admitted to abusing many women.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; ">"I got five baby mammas, and I [hit] every last one of them, except for one," he said.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; ">Gray was arrested in 2006 and 2009 for domestic battery. In 2006 the charge was dropped and in 2009 he received probation, The Florida Times-Union <a href="http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-04-21/story/naacp-weighs-what-they-say-stand-your-ground-case-against-jacksonville-0" style="color: rgb(0, 94, 166); text-decoration: none; ">reported</a>. Alexander was granted a restraining order against Gray after his 2009 arrest...</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; "><a href="http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/09/26/marissa-alexander-granted-new-trial">http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/09/26/marissa-alexander-granted-new-trial</a></p><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></span><div><div style="font-size: 26px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 20px; "></span></font></div></div><div style="font-size: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#330000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 21px; "><br></span></font></font></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#330000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 21px; "><a href="http://justiceformarissa.blogspot.com/">http://justiceformarissa.blogspot.com/</a></span></font></font></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#330000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 21px; "><br></span></font></font></span></span></div></body></html>