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Illinois woman s clemency petition questions sexual identity motive

Bernina Mata s lawyers are asking Gov. J.B. Pritzker to grant her release from prison to fix what they call a "horrendous wrong." They have filed a petition for executive clemency,

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Woman s clemency petition questions sexual identity motive

Prosecutors in Bernina Mata s 1999 murder trial made an unusual claim about her motive to kill: the fact that she identified as a lesbian.

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New legal clinic concentrates on cases of women languishing in the system for crimes against alleged abusers

New legal clinic concentrates on cases of women languishing in the system for crimes against alleged abusers Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune © Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Attorney Rachel White-Domain, director of the Women and Survivors Project, on March 15, 2021, in Chicago. It is not disputed that in June 2007 Tewkunzi Green fatally stabbed her boyfriend. Green testified to as much at her trial, but also telling a Peoria jury that she was pinned against a sink, sheltering the couple’s 6-month-old baby in her arms as her boyfriend choked her when she reached for a knife. Still, the jury convicted Green of first-degree murder.

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New legal clinic concentrates on cases of women languishing in the system for crimes against alleged abusers

New legal clinic concentrates on cases of women languishing in the system for crimes against alleged abusers
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