Battered Women in California Get Another Chance At Freedom
Jim at Rittenhouse points us to this newsworthy article: California has passed a law granting a new hearing to inmates doing time for killing their abusive partners.
The law, almost a year old, may release hundreds of battered women serving jail terms for murder. It provides inmates with "a chance to prove the outcome of their trial could have been different had evidence of "battered-woman syndrome" been presented." The effect: Abused women now have "one last legal tool to seek a new trial, have the severity of their offense reduced or even be released with time served"
Kudos to California, we hope other states follow suit.
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