Arlene Dugmore is a Filipina survivor of severe domestic violence sentenced to Life Without Parole - to die in prison. But she didn't kill anyone. How could that be?? #THREAD
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5,200 people are sentenced to Life Without Parole (LWOP) in California. LWOP has been called "the other death penalty" because people only leave prison "in a pine box." 80% of people sentenced to this other death penalty are people of color.
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The majority of people with LWOP sentences in California women's prisons are: * survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, child abuse, and/or trafficking * people with no prior convictions
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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