She is one of many women to survive physical & sexual violence only to be punished by the criminal legal system. @theappeal has told some of their stories.
Cyntoia Brown was 16 when she killed a 43-year-old man who picked her up for sex in self defense.https://theappeal.org/not-a-cardboard-cut-out-cyntoia-brown-and-the-framing-of-a-victim-aa61f80f9cbb/ …
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Since Cyntoia Brown's case garnered national attention she has been granted clemency and released from prison, drawing attention to other women in similar situations, such as trafficking survivor, Alexis Martin.https://theappeal.org/if-cyntoia-brown-can-be-released-from-prison-why-not-trafficking-survivor-alexis-martin/ …
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In 1996, Michelle Benjamin was just 16, when she was sentenced to life without parole for killing a man who she said pulled a gun on her after she rejected his sexual advances.https://theappeal.org/sentenced-to-life-at-16-in-slaying-of-man-who-sought-sex-and-pulled-a-gun-on-her/ …
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Catina Curley and her children were subjected to more than a decade of physical abuse by her husband. When she killed him in self defense she was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison.https://theappeal.org/new-orleans-woman-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-killing-abusive-husband-granted-new-trial/ …
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Please note: Michelle Benjamin was released on parole in February, 2019, and Catina Curley was acquitted, after being granted a new trial in March 2019.
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For more stories on women who have survived physical and sexual violence, only to be punished by the criminal justice system, please see http://theappeal.org .
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Alabama supports child molesters but punishing women is what they do best.
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Not just Alabama, I'm in Michigan
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Law enforcement tells us, to protect ourselves, to shoot the perpetrator if we can, to carry a gun. But, if we kill the man, in order to survive the attack, they throw us in jail and throw away the key. Lawmakers, what's the answer?
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Thats the point. They dont want women to get justice. They want women to take whatever happens to them without complaint. Its disgusting
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They always say it's a good *guy* with a gun who can stop the bad guy... I guess it's gender-specific.
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Never forget. in the minds of the oppressor. "good means white" and "guy means Male"
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This is horrendous and the result of abusive, corrupt, and angry white men running the system.
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SMASH. THE. PATRIARCHY.
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It seems self defense only counts if you’re a man.
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And a *white* man at that...especially if rich and a politicianpic.twitter.com/Xge0Ar8M5p
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@Billyjensen@PaulHoles what can be done to defend Brittany Smith? -
I was wondering the same thing. Thank you for asking.
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We have tried everything possible. Still it falls on deaf ears. I meet Brittany and Her Mother Ramona a few months before this Happened. I was marching to protest the corruption in Jackson County Alabama. I’m still here for Them, We need Help Please!
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