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• Battered woman defence — The battered woman defence is a legal defence representing that the person accused of an assault or murder was suffering from battered person syndrome at the material time. Because the defence is almost invariably invoked by women, it is usually… …   Wikipedia

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• Angelina Napolitano — or Angelina Neapolitano (c. 1883 ndash; after 1924) was an immigrant to Canada who murdered her abusive husband in 1911, igniting a public debate about domestic violence and the death penalty. Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online : Angelina… …   Wikipedia

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• List of exonerated death row inmates — This list contains names of people who were found guilty of capital crimes and placed on death row who were later found to be wrongly convicted. Some people were exonerated posthumously.This list is based on information from the Death Penalty… …   Wikipedia

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• Provocation in English law — For a description of the general principles, see provocation (legal). In English law, provocation is a mitigatory defence alleging a total loss of control as a response to another s provocative conduct sufficient to convert what would otherwise… …   Wikipedia

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