Marissa Alexander has gone from being battered by her abusive husband to being battered by an inflexible criminal justice system.
In May of 2012, Marissa Alexander, a mother, licensed and trained gun owner/CCW permit holder, domestic abuse survivor, teacher and member of a military family, was prosecuted and convicted of three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to harm for firing a warning shot into the ceiling to deter her abusive husband, Rico Gray, from attacking her in her home on August 1st, 2010.
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