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Geoff R. Casavant

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4. That case was one of the first to start changing the concept of self-defense.

Reply to trumad (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2014, 09:55 AM

Sep 2014

The defense before then was almost universally "duty to withdraw." If there was a way you could get away, you had to at least try before you could claim self-defense as a defense to a criminal charge. This case and others like it led to a new term: "battered woman syndrome."

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The Burning Bed: One of the most horrifying movies I've ever seen. [View all] trumad Sep 2014 OP

It was a great movie and demonstrated that Farrah was much more than a beauty queen Happyhippychick Sep 2014 #1

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That film was "Must See TV" for its era. MADem Sep 2014 #3

That case was one of the first to start changing the concept of self-defense. Geoff R. Casavant Sep 2014 #4

and wasn't she with the abusing fuckwad, Ryan O Neal? Maybe even when she filmed it. bettyellen Sep 2014 #5

I was in the service then. MrScorpio Sep 2014 #6