I know, this is a very peppy topic for Valentine's day. Actually, it's all about when Valentine's day goes wrong and people who supposedly love each other create a relationship of abuse and control instead of safety and trust. So, I am working in the Civil Justic Law clinic at school and one type of case we work on are clemency cases for battered women who kill their batterers. Now, I think that people who kill others, regardless of whether its a random person on the street or their best friend should be brought to justice for their actions. At the same time, statistically women who kill their batterers (aka men who beat them regularly, rape them, break their bones, threaten their life, threaten their children, cut them, put guns in their mouth and play russian roulette) get MORE or the same time as serial rapist and serial killers!!! Isn't there something wrong with this picture? A woman acting in self-defense because she truly believes she will never be able to escape the torture gets more time than anyone else???

It's depressing to think about.... God help us.

posted by Bindu | 11:52 AM

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