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(6 pp) The significance and use of a successful
provocation plea as an extenuating ground is
usually that it reduces murder to man slaughter,
despite the fact the defendant intended
to-and did-kill in anger. The unique feature of
provocation is that the plea may extenuate even
though it is accepted that, in killing, the
defendant was not seeking to save him or herself
from death or injury. The following information
should enforce the possibility of use of the
provocation defense.
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defendant was not seeking to save him or herself from death or injury. The following information should enforce the possibility of use of the provocation defense. Bibliography lists 7
sources. BBspsmrR.doc SPOUSAL HOMICIDE: Can It Be Defended? Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., November 2000 Introduction The homicide statistics
on spousal killings are frighteningly high. A July 1994 report by the Department of Justice, Murder in Families, found that 6.5% of all murder victims(425)were killed by their spouses. Husbands
killed wives in 60% of these cases and wives killed husbands in 40%. Only in this one category, women killing husbands or male intimates, does the rate of female violence
begin to equal the male rate of violence. In all other instances, it is substantially lower. Many of these homicides are self-defense killings, not adequately identified, or dealt with by
our legal system. The recent large number of grants of clemency to battered women who killed their abusers seems to recognize this fact. Thesis statement: A history of violent
abuse at the hands of a spouse is a legitimate defense in a case of spousal homicide. According to Angel (1996), the facts we perceive and the conclusions we draw
from them, differ depending on our backgrounds and knowledge. Most women either have firsthand knowledge of woman abuse, or are aware of its widespread nature. Because women have failed to
tell their stories of physical abuse, men who do not engage in abuse, are often unaware of it and those who abuse do not perceive it as wrong. According to
Horder (1996), the significance and use of a successful provocation plea as an extenuating ground is usually that it reduces murder to manslaughter, despite the fact the defendant intended to-and
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