Between 22% and 25% of all visits by women to emergency rooms are for injuries inflicted by domestic partners.By the most conservative estimate, each year one million women suffer non-fatal violence by an intimate.2.A recent FBI report on crime found that in 1995, 26% of all female murder victims were known to have been killed by husbands or boyfriends.1.Expanding and Alternative Views of the Battered Woman Syndromeġ. The Origins of Battered Woman Syndrome?Ģ. Self-Defense and The Battered Woman Syndromeġ. The Epidemic of Domestic Violence in Americaī. You for your interest in the Clemency Project.ĭomestic Violence, The Battered Woman Syndrome, and Women Who Fight BackĪ. Their lives as the victims of violent relationships and the other half in You to work for the release of battered women, many of whom have spent half Written to serve both as an educational tool and as a practical resource toĪid in the compiling of successful clemency petitions. Motivated and productive women who pose no threat to society incarcerated Their vote-getting "tough on crime" platform comes at the expense of keeping Has been announced on those four petitions.Īnd the Governor of Michigan have thus far shown little interest in our cause. Were submitted to the Parole Board in April 1998. In six short weeks, GovernorĮngler denied the petition with no explanation. The Michigan Parole Board on behalf of Violet Allen. Lynn D'Orio and Carol Jacobsen filed the first petition for clemency with Of the Justice Committee of the Washtenaw County ACLU. Carol Jacobsen is an artistĪnd independent producer of documentaries on women in prison. Previously served on the State Board of the ACLU. Is Legal Advocacy Director at Domestic Violence Project, Inc/SAFE house and She is a member of the Washtenaw County ACLU. Is an attorney who began working with the Clemency Project as a law student Lynn D'Orio, Lore Rogers,Īnd Carol Jacobsen currently coordinate the Clemency Project. The Michigan Battered Women's Clemency Project became a project of the JusticeĬommittee of the Washtenaw County, Michigan ACLU. Approximately 50 women were interviewed 25 were identifiedĪs primary candidates for clemency petitions. Of murder and for whom the battered woman syndrome was an explanatory defense,īut for whom that evidence was either not raised, raised inadequately, or Their aim was to identify women inmates who were convicted Volunteer attorneysĪnd advocates joined with her and distributed questionnaires to women in two The Michigan Battered Women's Clemency Project in 1991.
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