Self Realization Publications: Violence: Battered Women: Fighting Back When a woman kills a man who beats her, is it murder? Or is it justice? This program examines the legality of when, if ever, a victim of domestic violence is justified in killing her abuser. The Jane Abbott and Linda Logan cases assess the courtroom admissibility of evidence of battering, while the high-profile Lorena Bobbitt case and others raise the question of whether the plea of battered woman syndrome can be manipulated into a license to maim—or kill. Produced by CBS News. (45 minutes, color) video

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			Violence
			Battered Women: Fighting Back

When a woman kills a man who beats her, is it murder? Or is it justice? This program examines the legality of when, if ever, a victim of domestic violence is justified in killing her abuser. The Jane Abbott and Linda Logan cases assess the courtroom admissibility of evidence of battering, while the high-profile Lorena Bobbitt case and others raise the question of whether the plea of battered woman syndrome can be manipulated into a license to maim—or kill. Produced by CBS News. (45 minutes, color)

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