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Showing posts with label CHERELLE BALDWIN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CHERELLE BALDWIN. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

DEFENSE ATTORNEY MILES GERETY MOST SAVVY REMARK FOR THE DAY!

"You know, it's amazing to me that in 2016 we're still dealing with [a situation] where, if a woman defends herself, suddenly she's complicit in her battering."

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http://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202754163549/Advocacy-Groups-Applaud-After-Conn-Domestic-Violence-Victim-Is-Acquitted-of-Murder#ixzz44z73Hgj7

CT LAW TRIBUNE REPORTS ADVOCACY GROUPS REJOICE AT RELEASE OF DV VICTIM!

Megan Spicer of the CT LAW TRIBUNE reports as follows:

"Cherelle Baldwin walked free March 31 after being found not guilty of murder. She had crushed her ex-boyfriend against a wall with a car, claiming that she was acting in self-defense against a man who had abused her time and again.

Baldwin's acquittal was hailed by leaders of more than three dozen national advocacy groups who had signed letters urging the state prosecutor to drop the charges against the Bridgeport woman. Among other things, the groups have misgivings about Connecticut's "dual arrest" policy — that is, the practice of arresting both parties in domestic altercations. Speaking to the media arm of the advocacy group Democracy Now, Baldwin emphasized what her supporters had been saying while vying for her release: That women who are defending themselves from attackers should not be prosecuted..."

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http://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202754163549/Advocacy-Groups-Applaud-After-Conn-Domestic-Violence-Victim-Is-Acquitted-of-Murder#ixzz44z5r2NjQ

Thursday, March 31, 2016

HUFF POST REPORTS CHERELLE BALDWIN FOUND NOT GUILTY!

Senior Reporter Melissa Jeltsen of "The Huffington Post" reports as follows:

"BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Twelve jurors found Cherelle Baldwin not guilty of murder on Thursday in the death of her ex-boyfriend, Jeffrey Brown. 

Baldwin collapsed to the floor in tears as the verdict was announced. 

“My baby,” she cried. “My baby will have his mommy back.”

Police say Baldwin, 24, ran into Brown with her car in May 2013, pinning him against a cement wall outside her house and killing him. She was charged with murder and has been held behind bars on $1 million bail for almost three years. She maintained she was acting in self-defense.

The jury, comprising seven women and five men, deliberated for less than two full days in Baldwin’s second trial; the first resulted in a hung jury.

The murder trial highlighted the plight of domestic violence victims who commit violent acts to protect themselves from their abusers. During her testimony, Baldwin said her ex was abusive and controlling, and stalked her in the days before the fatal incident..."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cherelle-baldwin-not-guilty_us_56fd24a4e4b0a06d5804df91