Would this Free a Person of a Murder Conviction

[HiFi]

I know there's one uptight dude on this board who doesn't like anyone posting hypothetical legal questions based on a TV show but for anyone else could you let me know what you think. On Medium the other night a woman shot a man after he raped her during a home invasion which would be self defense but she also killed his partner who didn't have a gun and was in the other room and did not contribute to the rape. Her begged her not to shoot him and said he would walk out of the premises. She proceeded to shoot and kill him anyway in front of
2 witnesses (the other 2 people were her friends). One of the friends threatened later to tell the police she murdered the unarmed guy. She could have easily just called the police.

My question being, given the fact that she just was traumatically raped and killed an unarmed man who didn't threaten her and who begged for her life, is there any way she could still be convicted or murder or manslaughter or would the fact that she was raped automatically get her off with temporary insanity? Honestly if I was in the jury I'd vote not guilty.

 

[BlondiePB]

I know there's one uptight dude on this board who doesn't like anyone posting hypothetical legal questions based on a TV show but for anyone else could you let me know what you think. On Medium the other night a woman shot a man after he raped her during a home invasion which would be self defense but she also killed his partner who didn't have a gun and was in the other room and did not contribute to the rape. Her begged her not to shoot him and said he would walk out of the premises. She proceeded to shoot and kill him anyway in front of
2 witnesses (the other 2 people were her friends). One of the friends threatened later to tell the police she murdered the unarmed guy. She could have easily just called the police.

My question being, given the fact that she just was traumatically raped and killed an unarmed man who didn't threaten her and who begged for her life, is there any way she could still be convicted or murder or manslaughter or would the fact that she was raped automatically get her off with temporary insanity? Honestly if I was in the jury I'd vote not guilty.

We all deal with answering the obsurd real stuff posted on this site which is, in itself, enough.

 

[CdwJava]

WOULD she be found guilty? Who knows?

Could she be found guilty? Sure.

Yes, she would have a good claim for mental duress (or whatever her state's mental defect defense might be called ... IF it is available). Whether it would work, no one can say.

- Carl

 

[BlondiePB]

WOULD she be found guilty? Who knows?

Could she be found guilty? Sure.

Yes, she would have a good claim for mental duress (or whatever her state's mental defect defense might be called ... IF it is available). Whether it would work, no one can say.

- Carl

Those are 2 words (would & could) that a lot of women need how to use with men.



A belated condolences for those 4 officers senselessly gunned down & their families.