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The Black Community Remains Quiet As Woman Serves 20 Year Sentence

The Black Community Remains Quiet As Woman Serves 20 Year Sentence

A little over four months ago,  a Florida judge sentenced 31-year-old Marissa Alexander to 20 years in prison for three charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Alexander  fired a gun into the air in an attempt to scare her violent husband, who’d gone into a rage after reading text message exchanges between Alexander and her [...]