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End the abuse...final word...if they will not themselves. There is no justice for some battered women. That should change. 
posted by
mariss9
on June 17, 2010 at 8:36 AM
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In situations like that sometimes a defense like that is the only way out...
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on June 16, 2010 at 7:24 PM
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Sometimes people get pushed to the limit and this example may be their only recourse to get free of the violence! It is just so unfortunate that people cannot get out of these types of circumstances without causing death! sam
posted by
sam444
on June 16, 2010 at 3:46 PM
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Straightforward
I see that as justifiable homicide plain and simple.The sad part is that some men and some cultures have to change and so does the law of humanity everywhere.
posted by
WileyJohn
on June 16, 2010 at 2:56 PM
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I'm not familiar with that case and I would surely hate to judge her. Domestic abuse is an ugly master that genders fear and helpless ties that I have never really understood. I would be so gone, so fast.
posted by
TAPS.
on June 15, 2010 at 9:57 PM
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I guess she was pushed too far..pity people can't see that they should walk
away...murder isn't a good idea.....sometimes there doesn't seem tobe any other way...I don't know...there are women's shelters and places to get help....
posted by
Kabu
on June 15, 2010 at 6:43 PM
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