Manslaughter Verdict Reversed
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TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court today overturned the manslaughter conviction of a woman who fatally shot her husband in the back after he beat and raped her at a motel.
In a 6-1 decision, the high court ruled that the woman was a victim of the “battered wife syndrome” and acted in self-defense in killing her husband because she was in “imminent danger.”
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