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Rae Carruth; Marissa Alexander (AP/Jeff Siner/Bob Mack)

The need for DV law reform is clear

D. Watkins
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-934957p1.html'>GJones Creative</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

"More guns, more women die"

Katie McDonough
(Reuters/Joshua Roberts/AP/Cathleen Allison)

Right's latest rape lunacy

Katie McDonough
Marissa Alexander (Reuters/Bob Mack)

"By no means a conclusion"

Katie McDonough
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Parents of Michael Brown, Michael Brown Sr. and Lesley McSpadden (AP/Charlie Riedel)

No justice in America

Katie McDonough
Marissa Alexander (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander)

Marissa Alexander accepts plea

Katie McDonough
Marissa Alexander, George Zimmerman (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander/Reuters/Joe Burbank)

Stand whose ground?

Jenny Kutner
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The ultimate white privilege

Katie McDonough
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Lesley McSpadden, right, the mother of Michael Brown, watches as Brown's father, Michael Brown Sr., holds up a family picture, Aug. 11, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP/Jeff Roberson)

Ferguson's massive problem

Katie McDonough
Marissa Alexander (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander)

Katie McDonough
Marissa Alexander (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander)

"Trapped in the dark"

Victoria Law
Marissa Alexander (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander)

Katie McDonough
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Marissa Alexander (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander)

Katie McDonough
Marissa Alexander, a police sketch of Ciudad Juarez (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander/Chihuahua state attorney general office)

Soraya Chemaly
Marissa Alexander (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander)

Women's lives don't matter

Brittney Cooper
Marissa Alexander (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander)

Natasha Lennard
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Julie Chen, Marissa Alexander (AP/Richard Shotwell/Lincoln B. Alexander)

Julia Carrie Wong
Marissa Alexander (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander)

Katie Halper
Marissa Alexander, John McNeil (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander)

"Stand Your Ground" lives on

Katie McDonough
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