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Defense in this? >> no, they didnt. we should be very clear about this. george zimmerman never used the stand your ground defense. and marissa alexander tried to use stand your ground but the court denied. she left her house, she went to her car, she got her gun and she came back and fired that, what her supporters say was a warning shot into the wall. from day one, prosecutors have maintained that that shot came very close to the head of her husband rico gray. they believe it was a threat to ri...

>> the law states i dont have to. >> reporter: the law shes talking about is the controversial stand your ground law. instead of running she did what she thought was allowed by law. she believed she stood her ground and fired the gun into the wall. nobody was hurt. but it was enough to scare her husband, rico gray, and he left the house with his two young children from a previous relationship. alexander was safe from her husband but not from the law. she was arrested, her stand your ground defen...

>> reporter: what if you ran around him? >> the law states i dont have to. >> reporter: the law she talks about is the stand your ground law. she did what she thought was allowed by law. she believe shed stood her ground and fired the gun into the wall. nobody was hurt but it was enough to scare her husband rico gray and he left the house with his two young children from a previous relationship. alexander was safe from her husband but not from the law. she was arrested her "stand your ground" re...

Gender, race or economic status. some african-american news sites are saying much the same thing. that if marissa had been white her stand your ground defense would have been send and she wouldnt be facing 20 years in prison. alexander will not say if she agrees with that possibility. >> im going to be honest with you. im uncomfortable answering that. >> reporter: for now she remains behind bars. she had a baby girl with rico gray but she only sees her child in photographs. rico gray has custody...

Not be here. >> reporter: but later, at a court hearing to determine whether marissa alexander should get immunity based on the stand your ground law, rico gray changed his story, saying he lied repeatedly in the deposition to protect his wife, claiming he did not threaten to kill her, and testifying quote, i begged and pleaded for my life when she had the gun. the jury deliberated for 12 minutes before convicting her. the jacksonville naacp wrote a letter to the trial judge, saying marissa alex...

To kill me. >> what if you had run around him to get out the door? >> the law states i dont have to. >> reporter: the law shes talking about is the controversial stand your ground law. instead of running she did what she thought was allowed by law. she believed she stood her ground and fired the gun into the wall. nobody was hurt. but it was enough to scare her husband, rico gray, and he left the house with his two young children from a previous relationship. alexander was safe from her husband ...

>> reporter: were you thinking you might have to shoot him? >> yeah. i did. if it came to that. he saw my weapon at my side and when he saw it, he was even more upset and thats when he threatened to kill me. >> reporter: how was he going to kill you if youre the one with the gun? >> i agree. i thought it was crazy, too. >> reporter: why didnt you run out the door at that point? >> there was no other way to get out the door. he was right there threatening to kill me. >> reporter: what if you ran ...

He saw my weapon at my side. when he saw it, he was even more upset and thats when he threatened to kill me. >> reporter: how was he going to kill you when youre the one with the gun? >> i agree. i thought it was crazy too. >> reporter: why didnt you run out the door. >> there was no other way. >>. >> reporter: what if you ran around him. >> the law states i dont have to. >> reporter: the law she talks about is the stand your ground law. she did what she thought was allowed by law. she believe s...