By the way, also in Florida, a single mother was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot to warn off her abusive ex.
But the law offered no protection to Marissa Alexander, 31, from Jacksonville, who last year was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot to ward off her abusive husband.
Updated, 3 40 p.m. | A fifth-grade teacher in Queens who had her students send handmade Christmas cards to a friend serving time in state prison was issued a warning letter by the city's Conflicts of Interest Board, officials announced Monday.
Last month, Dr. Marissa Alexander, a black woman, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot in front of her abusive ex-husband.
Initially sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot when her abusive ex-husband--who had violated an order of protection--approached, Alexander was recently released from prison after serving three years and 65 days.
She drew a parallel to the case of Marissa Alexander, a black mother in Florida originally sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot at her estranged husband, who she said was abusive.
They advocated in support of Marissa Alexander, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot near her estranged husband, and Bresha Meadows, a 14-year-old girl who was charged with murder for shooting her abusive father in the head. .
The tepid national satisfaction taken in Bernie Madoff's terminal prison sentence should be a warning to the White House.
Over the last few days, the crisis enveloping Britain's prison system stopped being a warning scribbled in press releases.
Until recently, the region's most internationally famous museum was Perm-36, a former Soviet prison camp exhibited as a warning to society.
