Alexander accepts plea bargain in FL stand your ground case (VIDEO)

Dec 22, 2014 | 0 comments

Marissa Alexander will return to jail for 65 days after accepting a plea bargain in the charges against her. (Photo: AP) In what could be the final acts of a sensational case that brought debate on Stand Your Ground and warning shots in Florida, Marissa Alexander has entered into an agreement that effectively ends her legal fight.

Alexander, a South Florida mother was hit with three counts of a 20-year mandatory sentence due to the state’s “10-20-life” laws for a 2010 incident in which she fired a shot from a handgun during a domestic dispute with her boyfriend at the time and …read more

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