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hack89

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5. It was not a warning shot - every indication is that she shot to kill

Reply to blueridge3210 (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:23 PM

Jun 2014

she left the house, got her gun, returned to the house and shot at her ex, barely missing his head.

She returned to confront him so how could it be a warning shot?

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No way it was stand your ground. nt hack89 Jun 2014 #1

Huh? She sure doesnt deserve anything more than a couple months in the local randys1 Jun 2014 #2

She left the house, got a gun, went back into the house and shot at her ex hack89 Jun 2014 #4

warning shot for an abusive husband and protecting her kids randys1 Jun 2014 #6

She walked out of the house. She was safe. She returned with a gun. hack89 Jun 2014 #8

The evidence strongly suggests the shots were not warning shots. ManiacJoe Jun 2014 #9

Yeah, as a man who is frequently abused physically and mentally by my randys1 Jun 2014 #11

I'm not a lawyer, blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #3

It was not a warning shot - every indication is that she shot to kill hack89 Jun 2014 #5

Oh wow, you are the FIRST person anywhere on the internet or in the media randys1 Jun 2014 #7

So I guess you also didn't hear about her subsequent domestic assault arrest hack89 Jun 2014 #12

Truly nasty stuff. How does anyone live with that much hatred? Is it a race problem? Women? Guns? Judi Lynn Jun 2014 #14

It is sensible, given the actual facts revealed at trial. Hack89's interpretation is consistent msanthrope Jun 2014 #16

Read the trial transcripts. What I posted was factual. nt hack89 Jun 2014 #21

Um, no, he's not. If you read the actual trial info, Hack89 is precisely correct. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #15

Warning shot/Agg Assault w/ poor aim blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #10

I have to agree with you...However... SkyDaddy7 Jun 2014 #17

She was offered a three year plea deal hack89 Jun 2014 #18

No, I totally agree on the legal aspect... SkyDaddy7 Jun 2014 #22

Recent article from March, 2014: Marissa Alexander Now Faces 60 Years in Prison for Firing a Warning Judi Lynn Jun 2014 #13

Endangering the lives of the kids by firing that warning shot is what got her in all this trouble. Kaleva Jun 2014 #19

When I first read this story a year ago, I thought it was clearly self defense Lurks Often Jun 2014 #20