Yesterday, Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot to scare off an abusive husband. Many people, myself included, feel this is a miscarriage of justice. And many people took to Twitter to express their dismay:
# of tweets mentioning Marissa Alexander
It’s interesting to see what hashtags people are using in their Tweets:
| Hashtag | Total |
| #nerdland | 246 |
| #MarissaAlexander | 230 |
| #StandYourGround | 89 |
| #Marissa | 59 |
| #FreeMarissa | 48 |
| #FL | 38 |
| #JUSTICE | 34 |
| #syg | 31 |
| #TrayvonMartin | 30 |
| #Trayvon | 30 |
The most frequent hashtag is #nerdland, which refers to the Melissa Harris-Perry show on the weekends and, in fact, the bulk of tweets using that tag occurred last weekend. The Trayvon Martin tags come from the fact that the prosecutor in this case, Angela Corey, is also the prosecutor in the George Zimmerman trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin. Ms. Corey is no stranger to controversial cases: she is also currently prosecuting Cristian Fernandez as an adult for murder, even though he was 12 at the time the crime was committed.
Notes:
I see a lot of people asking what the hashtag #SYG means: Stand Your Ground, the law in Florida that did not help Marissa Alexander and may or may not help George Zimmerman.