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Do Police Help or Hurt Domestic Violence Survivors? New City Council Members Take a Stand
Media update: Do Police Help or Hurt Domestic Violence Survivors? New City Council Members Take a Stand, by Jessica Washington, The City Excerpt below: Divisions among domestic violence advocates in New York City about what role, if any, police should have in...
Texas Plans to Execute an Abuse Survivor Based on a Coerced Confession
Texas Plans to Execute an Abuse Survivor Based on a Coerced Confession Victoria Law, Truthout; excerpt below: First it was her mother’s boyfriend. Then it was the man she married at age 16. Then it was her next partner. Starting at age 6, Melissa Lucio endured...
Support Needed: Update from #StandWithAshlyn Defense Committee
An update from the family of Ashlyn Griffin, a domestic violence survivor in Georgia who was prosecuted for defending her life: FEBRUARY / MARCH 2022: Ashlyn's trial began on February 14, 2022. During the trial, the prosecution repeatedly victim shamed Ashlyn for...
Support Wendy Howard’s Legal Defense Fund!
Wendy Howard and her daughters were physically, sexually, and verbally abused for almost two decades. In 2019, their abuser attacked Wendy on her property, forcing her to defend herself and her family. Wendy was charged by the Kern County District Attorney with...
Why Policing and Prisons Can’t End Gender Violence
Why Policing and Prisons Can’t End Gender Violence The authors of the new book, Abolition. Feminism. Now. discuss why racialized state violence and gender-based violence have to be fought together, by Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, Beth E. Richie,...
Sign Petition to Drop the Charges Against Tracy McCarter
Tracy McCarter is a Black mother, grandmother, and nurse who is being prosecuted for defending her life against her abusive ex-husband. Please sign the petition demanding that the prosecutor DROP ALL CHARGES!
GMA Feature on the Call to Free Nikki Addimondo
Good Morning America published a brief video feature about the case of Nikki Addimando who was prosecuted for killing her abusive partner in self-defense in 2017:...
Mar 3: Defending Self-Defense: A Call to Action by Survived & Punished
Defending Self-Defense: A Call to Action by Survived & Punished Date: Thursday, March 3, 2022 Time: 3:00-4:30PM PST Location: Online/Zoom (Registration Required) EVENT FLYER Survivors of domestic and sexual violence who defend themselves are systemically targeted...
#FreeMaddesyn Defense Committee Statement on Sentencing
The Defense Committee to Free Maddesyn George released a statement on Maddesyn's recent sentence. Excerpt below. November 22, 2021 Defense Committee Statement on Sentencing In Spokane, Washington, on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, Colville tribal member Maddesyn George...
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