Title: A support zine for Marissa Alexander
Description: This political support zine tells the story of Marissa Alexander's 2010 assault by her husband, during which she fired a warning shot in self-defense. Alexander received a 20-year prison sentence under Florida's 10-20-Life mandatory minimum sentencing law, and controversial legal challenges for her freedom followed. The zine relates other criminal cases in which women of color were incarcerated following acts of self-defense or through "entrapment, coercion, and abuse by law enforcement." There is also information on mandatory sentencing minimums, as well as reprinted letters from the #31forMARISSA letter writing campaign, in which men wrote letters to Marissa sharing personal stories of how domestic violence had affected women in their lives. The typed, cut-and-paste zine includes actions for the reader to take to support Marissa, as well as a resource list.
Subjects: Women prisoners, Family violence, Race discrimination, Administration of Criminal justice, Discrimination in criminal justice administration, African American women
Places: United States
People: Marissa Alexander
Time periods: 21st century