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justice3 years ago•3 min saved

Woman acquitted of murder after killing rapist in Mexico.

Mexican prosecutors have withdrawn a case against Roxana Ruiz, a woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for killing a man as he raped and attacked her.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.

via HuffPost|

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crime-and-justice3 years ago•3 min saved

Mexico Drops Case Against Woman Imprisoned for Killing Her Rapist.

Mexican prosecutors have withdrawn a case against Roxana Ruiz, a woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for killing a man as he raped and attacked her.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, her lawyers said accepting a pardon would be admitting Ruiz committed a crime and that she is completely innocent. The state Prosecutor's Office has now found Ruiz "exempt from guilt" and believes she acted in self-defense.

via Yahoo News|

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crime3 years ago•3 min saved

Woman who killed her rapist faces prison time.

A Mexican woman, Roxana Ruiz, who killed a man defending herself when he attacked and raped her in 2021 was sentenced to more than six years in prison, a decision her legal defense called “discriminatory” and vowed to appeal. The ruling against Ruiz spurred anger from experts and feminist groups who said it speaks to the depth of gender-based violence and Mexico’s poor record of bringing perpetrators of sexual violence to justice. The case points to just how “normalized” gender-based violence is in Mexico and other parts of Latin America.

via WGN TV Chicago|

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