From: The Free Marissa Now Campaign Dear friends, We have just gotten word that Judge Daniels failed today to grant the request for bond for Marissa Alexander. He heard arguments, but said he will decide later, perhaps before the end of the year. To get more details of the hearing today, please join one of the Free Marissa Now Mobilization conference calls. Today, Wed., 11/13, 5:30pm EST (2:30pm PST) or Thurs, 11/14, 11:30am EST (8:30am PST) Call 646-307-1300. Code 633884. Wish wed been able to bring you better news today. The FMN statement on the hearing is below. --Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign ------------------------- Date: November 13, 2013 From: Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign Contact: FreeMarissaNow@gmail For Immediate Release Statement to the Press Not guilty but still in prison: Justice denied to Marissa Alexander An appalling injustice took place today in Jacksonville, Florida when Judge James Daniel failed to grant Marissa Alexanders request to be released on bond until a verdict is reached in her new trial that begins March 31, 2014. At the end of September, a Florida Appeals Court threw out the guilty verdict against Ms. Alexander and ordered a new trial due to severe problems in the instructions to the jury. With the overturn of the original verdict, Marissa Alexander is no longer guilty in the eyes of the law, but she is still in prison. Marissa Alexander, an African American mother and daughter, was sentenced to 20 years for firing a warning shot to stop an attack by her abusive ex-husband -- an act of self-defense that injured no one. She was denied a Stand Your Ground defense. She has already been separated from her young children and family for nearly three years. The youngest was only 9 days old when the domestic violence incident occurred. Release on personal recognizance or bond is supposed to be allowed to defendants who present no risk of flight or danger to the community. This mother of three is firmly rooted in the Jacksonville community by her connections to family, children and friends. She poses no danger to the public. Or has the state of Florida decided that she is a danger for the sole reason that she is a black woman? It is well documented that black women and other marginalized people are likely to be criminalized, prosecuted, and incarcerated while trying to navigate and survive the conditions of violence in their lives. This is especially true for black women who are subjected to racist stereotypes that paint them as overly aggressive and unworthy. The Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign is undaunted in our passion to win Marissa Alexanders release. We have launched the Marissa Alexander Freedom Fund campaign to raise $10,000 by the end of the year to help pay for legal costs of the new trial. Donors can give at tiny.cc/freedomfundraiser. Our movement is thousands strong and we will keep going. We have a trial to help win and we will continue to organize for Marissas freedom and the end of domestic violence and mass incarceration. The world is watching and we will not rest until justice is won.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 03:00:26 +0000
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