Woman acquitted of murder after killing rapist in Mexico.

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Woman acquitted of murder after killing rapist in Mexico.
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Mexican prosecutors have withdrawn a case against Roxana Ruiz, a woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for killing a man as he raped and attacked her. The court had found her guilty of homicide with "excessive use of legitimate defense." Feminist groups protested the ruling, saying it criminalized survivors of sexual violence while protecting perpetrators. Responding to the outrage, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had said he would seek to pardon Ruiz. However, the state Prosecutor's Office examined the case and found Ruiz was "exempt from guilt" and acted in self-defense.

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