Til Death Do Us Part

  When the courts do not allow spousal abuse to be considered a factor during trial, the courts are basically saying that the abused is not important. Their experiences and traumas are not relevant. The video that I found is clips from a movie about 13 women who have killed their abusers, and are sentanced [...]

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Michigan Women’s Justice & Clemency Project

The Michigan Women’s Justice & Clemency Project was started in 1991 by Susan Fair. Fair recognized a need for a more progressive way to treat women who have killed their abusers. Currently,judges do not instruct jury’s on laws about self defense. It is shown that women are given far harsher sentences than men who have committed [...]

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Lack of current information available

Most of my time has been in contacting organizations such as Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse to find resources to assist with my research. ATVP have been very helpful in giving me information about books and websites to try. I was surprised with the lack of current articles in news sources, and information on [...]

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Current article: Cycle of Violence

It has been very difficult finding a current article on women who kill their abusers. This article is six years old, but is still a powerful and moving article. This article Cycle of Violence (link below) from In These Times, which is published in Chicago, shows just how strict and backwards our criminal justice system [...]

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Expressions from Incarcerated Battered Women

Women who have been incarcerated for killing their partners may feel as if they do not have a voice. Since many women are tried in higher courts than me in homicide cases, penalties are more severe. Women have been given a voice through expression of art through the site Free Battered Women. Here women are [...]

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