In Florida, an African-American mother of three who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot at a wall near her abusive husband will get a new trial. Marissa Alexander’s sentence drew claims of racial bias and comparisons to George Zimmerman’s acquittal for killing African-American teenager Trayvon Martin. A Florida appeals court ordered a new trial, saying the jury for her case had received faulty instructions. But the court upheld an earlier judge’s ruling blocking Alexander from using the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law in her defense.