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Closed petition Align Coercive Control and Self-Defence to Create a New Defence to Murder
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This new defence must be created to protect domestic abuse victims who kill their abuser after a prolonged period of abuse. Currently, the only option to defend themselves is to be deemed mentally ill rather than an abuse victim. A gap must be bridged between self-defence and coercive control.
There has been at least 14 people that have spent time in prison for murdering their abuser acting in self-defence to their abuse yet not being afforded adequate protection in law.
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