I was listening to this ep of Criminal about a woman who spent 17 years in prison for killing a man who was choking her and saying he was going to kill her. A man had abused her for years. This woman, like so many abused women, had gone to the police repeatedly to report abuse. So the system failed to protect her from being abused and then punished her when she tried, on her own, to protect herself.
Everyday in America about 3 women are murdered by boyfriends or husbands and over half of those women are murdered with a gun.
At Least A Third Of All Women Murdered In The U.S. Are Killed By Male Partners
Domestic (Intimate Partner) Violence Fast Facts