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Pregnant. we can't verify that. but in florida, if you are pregnant and you are assaulted by somebody, that somebody has committed a felony. >> that's right. that's a felony assault. and so he is in jail where this all began, and really blowing up on twitter, blowing up on the media. a lot of people tremendously interested on this after the fire storm of media that happened last time when he was accused of murder of a 17-year-old unarmed black male, trayvon martin, and then acquitted. remember, he stayed out of jail for six weeks based on florida's stand stand your ground law, and now back in ...

Marriage? >> oh, my gosh, yes. oh, my god. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> good morning, good morning. welcome, everybody. this is "new day." it's wednesday, july 17th, 7:00 in the east, i'm chris cuomo. >> hey, everyone, i'm kate bolduan joined by news anchor michaela pereira. coming up this hour much more from that incredible exclusive cnn interview with the only george zimmerman juror speaking out. her shocking revelations about the last day of deliberations, was there a holdout? and it is the case that is putting florida's stand you...

Cory monteith's untimely death with dr. sanjay gupta. important conversation to be having. >> absolutely. coming up protests in the wake of the george zimmerman's trial and florida's stand your ground rule. one particular case, we'll take you what the law is and where it's fair. and stores are tracking their customers and some customers are saying enough is enough. i'm the next american success story. working for a company

With that award. i think you have to marry the woman if you put it in that situation, the only way you escape it with all limbs intact. >> glad that was not how my husband proposed. we would not be married right now. >> let's get back to the big story we've been talking about. trayvon martin's death thrust florida's stand your ground law into the spotlight as well as the trial of george zimmerman that followed. we're now bringing attention to this woman, a mother serving a 20-year sentence after firing what she says was a warning shot. she says it was self-defense. now cnn's john zarrella has ...

Corey's office, the same office that handled zimmerman. unlike zimmerman this involved florida's controversial stand your ground law and unlike zimmerman, alexander is doing time, a lot of it, 20 years mandatory, and she didn't kill anyone. she says it was self-defense but last year alexander was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. >> he managed to get the door open and that's when he strangled me, put his hands around my neck. >> reporter: alexander is talking about her husband, rico gray. she was in the bathroom when gray came after her. alexander made it to the garage and ...