SOC219H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Paternalism, Homosociality, Sex Segregation
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D. peagler could not bring into court her own history of abuse into court. Understanding line of self defense and crime, important aspect of criminal case. Unlike hard evidence, this is a different type of evidence= expert testimony. They present a theory that can be hard facts for the case. Has to be a certain degree of science consensus. Two people, rust involved in long term abuse of lavallee. He gives her a gun, i kill you or u kill me lavallee shoots him in the back of the head as he walks away. No debate when he was hit or where he was hit. Yes u can definitely use expert testimony around battered woman syndrome in this case. Acknowledges b. w. s in the case, and if that wasn"t admitted as evidence or woman convicted of a crime because of that we are going to retry those cases. Validating d. v is a crime, self defense is a crime.
