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TUPELO • Having been in the restaurant industry his entire career, Rico Gray knew that one day he could be his own boss.

TUPELO • Having been in the restaurant industry his entire career, Rico Gray knew that one day he could be his own boss.

Defense in this? >> no, they didn't. 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 rico gray. that's why she wasn't allowed to use that stand your ground defense. the burden of defense...

>> the law states i don't have to. >> reporter: the law she's 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 defense rejected and found guilty by a jury. marissa alexander's husband rico gray agreed to do an on c...

>> reporter: what if you ran around him? >> the law states i don't 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" rejected and found guilty by a jury. her husband rico gray agreed to do an on-camera interview to cou...