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Ballinger ‘ Reasonable ’ Women Who Kill : ReInterpreting and Re-defi ning Women ’ s Responses to Domestic Violence in England and Wales 1900-1965
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Anette |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | and a hunger strike, she was freed on bail in July 1995 after a second appeal in which she won the right to a retrial. New psychiatric evidence was heard during the retrial which led the judge to rule that a “personality disorder” drove Sara to kill her violent, drunken husband. Thus, while the appeal court judges had refused to accept Sara’s defence of provocation three years earlier, the retrial judge now ruled that ‘your responsibility for killing your husband was diminished by your abnormality of mind’ (Guardian 31st May 1996; Independent 5th May 1995). She was consequently freed in May 1996 after her murder charge was reduced to manslaughter (Independent 5th May, 29th May 1995; Guardian 31st May 1996). |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.outlines.dk/contents/Outlines052/Ballinger05.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
