Summary Of Ladykathryn's Case

In Brant County, 1896, Lillie Carpenter died in her home despite the efforts of her neighbour, Margaret Gillies, and her husband, Robert Carpenter, to revive her. Dr. Peter Jones and Dr. Robert McDonald examined the body and found bruises on Lillie's arms, shoulders, chest, abdomen and head. Dr. Jones then concluded that death occured as a result of bodily trauma and Robert Carpenter was convicted of manslaughter. The evidence most strongly presented was that of his suspicious behaviour of locking his wife in thier home and telling two different accounts as to her condition the day she died. Though this dual account of Lillie's conidiotn is rather questionable, in consideration that the locked door was mentioned numerous times in the trial it suggests that these instances are more attunted to a character analysis of Carpenter and not a determining factor is he beat his wife. During the trial abuse allegations, supposrted using witness testimony,however, were used as evidence to support Robert was a violent man. These allegations,however, do not cocnlusively demonstarte Crapenter's guilt as the witnesses do not have a clear line of visions to determine if Carpenter had beat his wife. While Lillie sustained brusing on her upper body and her skull, causing congestion in the brain, her syptoms leading up to her death suggest that she could have dided of water poisoning.

In order for a trial to be brought, the police and prosecutors might be able to prove that the elements of the particular offence are present. In this criminal case both Actus reus, Mens rea as well causation was clearly shown through the behavior of Katherine Knight.

The first problem I see with this question is the unspoken idea that the abused person is responsible for their situation, and that a simple choice would free them of it. In her article titled “20 Reasons Why She Stays”, Susan G. S. McGee highlights the problems with this question. One of the question she poses is why the community, or those in the battered woman’s life, stand by and do nothing? How can we question why the abused remains in the situation why ourselves condone the situation by our inaction.

More details: Sarah Robinson was arrested Friday by U.S Marshals on a grand jury indictment filed in early July stemming from an alleged incident in eastern Missouri in March 2014.Robinson accused of being in possession of a detectable amount of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. She was still in Wyandotte County Jail in federal custody Sunday evening and is expected to have her first court appearance Monday. Sarah says “My life had taken a downturn since my husband's sudden death three years ago, while she was pregnant with twins. I lost my job and my house and was living in my car.”

Defendant Elizabeth Chagra was indicted for conspiring to commit first-degree murder of a federal judge. Defendant was tried and convicted, but this court reversed the conviction and remanded for a new trial. Before the trial on remand, a new grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Chagra with conspiring to kill with malice aforethought.

Mrs. Kappel is an 88 y/o female with functional decline, dementia, muscle weakness seen today at Tiffany Hall SNF at the request of Dr. Mehan for symptoms management and exploration of goals of care in the setting of Dementia and functional decline.

In the case of Loureen from “POOF!,” I do believe that her actions were justified for a number of reasons. First of all, her husband abused her terribly, illustrated when Florence recalls that Samuel, Loureen’s husband, nearly took her eye out just for changing the TV channel. Now, many people would say that if one is in an abusive relationship, the victim always has the option of escaping said relationship. However, many victims of domestic abuse may be dependent on their counterparts, as Loureen was with Samuel, so escaping was never an option because she would have been unable to support herself and her friends, who are also victims of domestic abuse, would be unable to help her while they are in their own extreme situations. In addition,

Marie arrived to the visit with a bruised eye and mild swelling to her lip. She stated the injuries had occurred when she ran into a door. Near the end of the visit Marie had an emotional breakdown, stating she had received notice that she was due in court and could possibly lose her parental rights. Marie also stated she had been a victim of domestic violence and need assistance with address those issues.

In the article, Abuser & Victim…Alike, the author argues that both the abuser and the victim share responsibility for their situations. This is only true if we choose to believe that such people voluntarily stay and allow the abuse to continue. In this sense, some truth might exist, however, we must remember the lack of control felt by each victim, as well as the emotional torment they experience that serves to trap them in their current situations. Alternatively, it would be difficult for the author to validate such a claim of shared responsibility if the abused were a child, disabled or mentally handicapped person. To a certain degree, the author himself contradicts his previous statement when he comments that “abusers have all the power”.

The law today is far too lenient upon men who abuse and kill their wives and claim ‘provocation’ to lessen the charge. Women are constantly beaten by their partners and some kept prisoners in their own home and eventually killed. In the case R.v. Thornton the defendant was a battered wife who killed her husband. Her husband after threatening her, the husband fell asleep, she went to the kitchen and returned with a knife stabbing him while he was asleep.

In R v. Runjanjic and Kontinnen (1991), Chief Justice King explained the effects of ‘Battered Woman Syndrome’; a theory which is used to invoke why women kill their abusive partners “their (women) reactions and responses differ from those which might be expected by persons who lack the advantage of an acquaintance” (Lenore Walker, 2012). Walker argues that the syndrome would influence the abused individual to make decisions which appear illogical to a typical person. A common person would leave an abusive relationship rather than kill for self-preservation, whilst the syndrome would influence the victim to kill. In the case R v. Runjanjic and Kontinnen (1991) the loss of this ability is clear as the defendant’s lawyer claimed , “Though she doesn’t consciously remember her decision-making process, Kontinnen grabbed a shotgun and shot Hill in the back of the head”(Bradfield, 2011). The fact that Kontinnen cannot remember what caused her to make the decision to kill the deceased displays the effect violence has had on her mental health. Defendants using the defence of ‘Killing for preservation in an abusive relationship’ should have the opportunity for a full acquittal, as their damaged mind takes control of their decision

Mental or Insane It's been two weeks since Edgar Poe committed a crime against an Old man. What do the mental health experts say? Why might someone do such a thing?

In any scenario involving repeated domestic violence, the victim of the abuse ought to have the right to defend himself from his oppressor. Is the victim supposed to allow his abuser to violate his rights because he must be cautious not to harm his oppressor? Of course not! In cases of domestic violence the victims must have the right of self-defense. Victims of domestic violence very frequently lose their lives. According to The Domestic Violence Network, "A recently published study of murder-homicides in North Carolina between 1988 and 1992 reported that in 86 percent of the cases the woman was murdered by her current or former partner. 18 Of those women who experienced a history of domestic violence, nearly half had previously sought legal protection from the murderer through an arrest warrant or restraining order. l9 Moreover, in nearly half those cases, the injuries extended to the woman's children, or those of the murderer." 20 Clearly victims' of domestic violence

Today in America’s law system there is great injustice occurring against women who kill their male aggressors in self-defense. Our culture and society have taken away the doctrine of self-defense away from neglected women, and they are unable to justify their actions in court. Society has become oblivious to women violence, and instead of providing support to women society shames the women who step forward. Victim blaming, saying these women murder out of jealous rage and being portrayed by news outlets as being cold blooded killers, and other sorts of mislabeling have been given to these innocent victims at all levels of the system. Gender stereotypes pushed by our media and society set an expectation that women are incapable of defending themselves and that she should must go to a male

Today on today’s news a 23 year old was brutally murdered by her husband, leaving her one and only daughter Tyaira Zyaira Balance a motherless child. Ta’Osia Thompson was suffocated and then shot dead. Her husband then attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head. He is now in critical condition; on life support at ECMC. Situations like this occurs all too often, although it’s wrong people often endure abuse every day.