In These Times

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• • 08 Dec 05
  • 5:43 pm

  My best friend is in jail for killing an abusive husband that was sleeping. Most of the situations that I have heard of in real life are not like what is on TV. It is not unusual for this to happen. There are many women that are in prison for killing an abuse partner. These women are sentenced to longer prison terms and serve a higher My friend was abused for over twenty years. She was tied up and tortured for hours. He threatened to tie her up and make her watch while her family members were cut up in to …

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• • 18 Dec 05
  • 2:55 pm

  Liz Don't even get me started on Busch. Have you ever been to jibjab.com? Check it out it is pretty good. Thanks for your post. I realize that to change the way the system treats these women is going to be a long hard fight because of these people that use morals to justify actions. They may have morals but are some of the dumbest people I have ever seen. Look at the state our country is in and that says it all. Our supposed morals are killing many of our young men and women daily. I think that says it …

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• • 28 Dec 05
  • 1:39 pm

  You show me where due process worked in the many documented cases where women have done everything according to the law and still end up dead. If we do not make changes in a system that clearly does not protect us then the situation my friend is in may be the same for many other women. In the prison system now many women are there for similar crimes. We need to do something to change the system. I am not trying to justify murder. I am trying to help change the system to prevent this from happening to someone else. I …

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