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Originally Posted by duncan
I don't think he will ever recover. The kid I discussed started using some serious stuff to 'mask' his pain. By the time we saw him, he was addicted to crack, meth and heroin, and had a history of 'huffing' gas, sniffing glue, and heavy alchohol abuse. They wouldn't use the self-defence plea, because there had been no assault for days (because he was now 6'3'' and 250lbs), and he had planned the murder. They did take it into consideration during sentencing though.
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Couldn't they have used a version of the Battered Woman defense?
Hell, Dorathy Jodre killed her Husband because of Severe Abuse although she hadn't actually been a victim for almost 20 years. She only served 1 year in a mental hospital.