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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Some of you may have heard about the Louisiana case in which a woman was first convicted of 2<sup>nd</sup> degree murder after she killed her abusive husband. Her conviction was vacated after a post-conviction
determination that her attorney should have called a DV expert at trial. She was then released, and recharged- and now acquitted of all charges.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The attached final verdict/ opinion includes a discussion of the facts, the expert and witness testimony and the determination of aggressor/ self-defense. Below is an email with additional links from one of
the expert witnesses that testified from the National Network to End Domestic Violence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>
From: <strong>Beth Meeks (via coalitions list)</strong> <br>
Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 2:25 PM<br>
Subject: [coalitions] Curley Case - new trial outcome<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi all,</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Many of you will remember the Curley ruling last summer from Louisiana, overturning the life sentence of a battered woman who killed her husband while
defending herself. She was convicted of 2<sup>nd</sup> Degree Murder and got life. She appealed her sentence because she did not have a DV expert testify at her trial. She won, her conviction was vacated and she was released.
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">The New Orleans prosecutor brought the charges again and she was retried 2 weeks ago, this time with experts, including myself, to specifically address
DV and self-defense. She was acquitted of all charges. Supreme Court Ruling and Final Verdict from Retrial attached. Good articles detailing process linked below.
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Grateful for a better outcome and proof of the value of DV expertise. Hoping it may be useful in efforts in other states.
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.nola.com/crime/2018/06/woman_convicted_of_murdering_a.html" target="_blank">New Orleans woman convicted of murdering abusive husband
gets a new trial</a> </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/courts/article_f943ccc6-3a2d-11e9-9149-03f3ba160cba.html" target="_blank">New Orleans woman suffered
from battered woman syndrome before shooting husband, experts say</a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/courts/article_ca3ff61a-3c40-11e9-85e7-a7b71d5576fd.html" target="_blank">After decade in prison,
New Orleans woman who shot husband goes free as killing is deemed justified</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Beth Meeks, MS
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Capacity Technical Assistance Director</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:#E36C0A">National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">1325 Massachusetts Ave NW 7th Floor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Washington, DC 20005-4188<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Work: (202) 543-5566 x106
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Email:
<a href="mailto:bmeeks@nnedv.org" target="_blank">bmeeks@nnedv.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Web: NNEDV.org
<a href="http://womenslaw.org" target="_blank">WomensLaw.org</a> <a href="http://techsafety.org" target="_blank">
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