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Why is California sentencing survivors of gender violence to die in prison? 90% of people in California women’s prisons serving LWOP were sentenced as “aiders and abettors” and/or under the Felony Murder Rule.
This means they were NOT the main actor/perpetrator of the crime. They may have been forced to be present when their abuser committed a murder. In Arlene's case, she wasn't even present when a person killed her abuser. #SurvivedAndPunished
So, for example, in Arlene's case, prosecutors understood that she didn't kill her husband. But the "felony murder rule" and "aid and abet" laws allow prosecutors to label people who weren't involved as "murderers" & punish them accordingly. #DropLWOP #SurvivedandPunished
This means they were NOT the main actor/perpetrator of the crime. They may have been forced to be present when their abuser committed a murder. In Arlene's case, she wasn't even present when a person killed her abuser. #SurvivedAndPunished
But how? HOW? Because prosecutors rely on racist and sexist tropes to invent narratives about people being the "mastermind" of violent crimes even if they didn't do the violent crime. #DropLWOP #SurvivedAndPunished #FreeAllSurvivors #FreeArlene
DA Michelle Hennessy: “[W]omen, due to their disparate physical strength & speed compared to at least 50% of the population in most cases, are necessarily going to rely on cunning when they commit a murder... Just as men rely on guns, women may rely on stealth.” Riiiight.
DA Hennessy says this in a video of people reviewing the California penal code and LWOP sentencing: https://youtu.be/CAbLqyhS8qI?t=812 … We highly recommend viewing testimonies from Susan Bustamante and Jarrett Harper which directly follows this racist/sexist prosecutorial nonsense.
When prosecutors say that life sent's is for the so-called "worst of the worst," know that they get to define the boundaries of that category. If you're aiming to put as many people in prison for as long as possible, that category really streeeetches. And survivors get the brunt.
Visit the #DropLWOP coalition website for more information about the movement to end life without parole sentencing.https://droplwop.com/
So #FreeArlene #FreeAllSurvivors and #FreeThemAll as pro-survivor rebellion to carceral gender violence. Don't forget to submit public comment! http://bit.ly/FreeAllSurvivors … 
But how? HOW? Because prosecutors rely on racist and sexist tropes to invent narratives about people being the "mastermind" of violent crimes even if they didn't do the violent crime. #DropLWOP #SurvivedAndPunished #FreeAllSurvivors #FreeArlene
DA Michelle Hennessy: “[W]omen, due to their disparate physical strength & speed compared to at least 50% of the population in most cases, are necessarily going to rely on cunning when they commit a murder... Just as men rely on guns, women may rely on stealth.” Riiiight.
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